Do?a Ana County treasurer charged

gutierrez is facing felony charges this afternoon. as we’ve reported, gutierrez admitted to offering an employee money for sex in 2014. today, he’s facing three charges filed by the district attorneys office: using public office to obtain personal benefit, failure of a public official to conduct ones self in a manner that justifies public confidence or failure of a public official to disclose conflict of interest— all 4th degree felonies. abc7s jamie warren joins us live from the treasurers office with the details jamie? this is the criminal complaint detailing those charges filed against gutierrez this morning although theyre fourth-degree felonies, he still remains in office you’ll rember the outcry from county commissioners and the public a few weeks ago saying they’ve exhausted all efforts in trying to remove gutierrez from office. gutierrez has refused to resign after admitting to offering an employee 1000 dollars in exchange for sex. documents show the employee, who alleged ongoing sexual harassment, feared losing her job if she spoke out. do?a ana county awarded $68 thousand dollars in a settlement the investigation was prompted a few weeks ago after county commissioners asked the da’s office for help. today officials say they’re relieved something is finally being done “put verbatim here ben rawson i think its about time your listeners will remember that these actions took place back 19 months ago so its been a while and its been a long time coming dolores connor former city councilor i hope the message is that you cant break the law you cant sexually harass someone and think that thats proper edicate within the work place billy garrett district 1 all of the charges that have been raise have been concerned with his behavior as a public official and that really seems to me to be spot on the da’s office says its currently investigating civil proceedings that could remove gutierrez from office. i reached out to gutierrez today. a secretary told me all calls were being directed to the county spokesman. live from the county government center jw abc7 we asked why it took until now for charges to be filed if the incident happened in 2014. a da spokesman said until now, the victim never pursued charges. county commissioners just asked the d-a to investigate, and when they approached the victim during the investigation, she agreed to cooperate. authorities are investigating three deadly crashes in the region. the