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OR - City may spend $75,000 to settle sex-abuse lawsuit

View the article here 04/20/2009 By Thelma Guerrero-Huston Salem City Councilors today will attempt to put a financial end to the city's legal entanglements involving a former police officer convicted of sex abuse. Councilors are expected to approve a $75,000 settlement in a civil lawsuit filed against the city and Sterling Alexander. The July 2008 lawsuit was brought by a woman who alleged she had suffered lasting physical and emotional pain after being sexually abused by Alexander while he was on duty in 2003. She was 17 years old at the time. The woman named the city as a co-defendant, accusing it of negligence for hiring Alexander. In October 2007, Alexander was convicted of second-degree sex abuse and official misconduct. A Marion County Circuit Judge sentenced him to 90 days in jail and five years probation...continue to full post

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