FRESNO - Last Tuesday, a Fresno County judge sentenced former Correctional Officer, 27-year-old Tina Gonzalez, to two years of formal probation and 210 days in Fresno County Jail.

In May of 2020, detectives with the Fresno County Sheriff's Office Vice Unit arrested then 26-year-old Tina Gonzalez of Lemoore. She faced felony charges of sexual activity with an inmate and possession of a controlled substance (alcohol) in a jail and a misdemeanor charge of possession of a cell phone with the intent to deliver to an inmate.

In early December of 2019, Fresno County Jail staff members received a tip that a male inmate was in possession of a cell phone and was also involved in a sexual relationship with a correctional officer named Tina Gonzalez. Jail staff searched the cell of this inmate and found a mobile phone.

The allegations were passed on to members of the Sheriff's Executive Staff. The Internal Affairs Unit was assigned to investigate the accused employee, Gonzalez. The Vice Unit was tasked with investigating potential crimes committed by Gonzalez. Both units found evidence to support the allegations that Gonzales had sexual relations with an inmate in the Fresno County lockup while eleven other prisoners watched.

Additionally, detectives discovered Gonzalez had on one occasion brought alcohol into the jail. Shortly after Gonzalez participated in an interview with detectives, she submitted her resignation. She posted her $21k bail and bailed out after one day in custody. Gonzalez began employment as a Fresno County Sheriff's Correctional Officer in September of 2016. She resigned from her job at the end of December 2019.

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