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38: Dennis Gallagher

Rape

Dennis Gallagher was a New York City Councilmember, representing Queens. He was accused of rape by a woman he met in a bar. According to her, he promised her a ride home but took her to his office instead and beat and raped her. He claimed it was consensual. Gallagher pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor…

59: John Gosek

Sexual Harassment, Solicitation of a Minor

John Gosek, former Mayor of Oswego, NY, was reported by a woman who worked as a monitor at a local school. He had asked her to find young girls he could have sex with. He offered to give the girls cocaine, alcohol, and ecstasy. Instead of setting him up with girls, she set him up…

55: Armando Tebano

Child Molestation, Sexual Abuse

Schenectady County Republican Chairman Armando Tebano pleaded guilty in 2007 to lesser charges of second-degree harassment for fondling a 14-year-old girl. The charges he avoided by pleading guilty were third-degree sexual abuse, forcibletouching, and child endangerment. He got 250 hours of community service and was fined $295. Meanwhile, the Catholic school the minor child attended…

680: George Christian Ortloff

Child Molestation, Child Sexual Abuse Material, Solicitation of a Minor

New York Republican Assemblyman George Christian Ortloff was arrested in a sting operation where he thought he was meeting to have sex with 11 and 12 year-old sisters. Instead he met with an FBI agent undercover as their mother. He told the agent about prior victims going back several years, including a 12-year-old girl and…

681: Robert R. Groezinger

Child Sexual Abuse Material

Robert R. Groezinger was an aide to New York State Senator Serphin R. Maltese, a Republican State Senator in New York. He was arrested and found with 25 images of child pornography, not counting the dozens more he deleted. Police computer specialists recovered at least 40 more pornographic images of children. He was sentenced to…