Recruiter Faces Sexual Conduct Charges

[unhappycamper]

Recruiter Faces Sexual Conduct Charges
November 19, 2008
Military.com|by Bryant Jordan

A Navy recruiter is in jail in Madera, Calif., after being arrested Nov. 12 on charges that allege he showed sexual photos of himself to young females he was attempting to recruit.

Jonathon (cq) Joshua Taylor, 28, pleaded not guilty to during a Nov. 14 arraignment and is awaiting a preliminary hearing scheduled for Dec. 1, according to the investigating officer, Detective Kristine Sauceda. She said seven young girls are currently identified as victims in the case, but she is still contacting others who Taylor attempted to recruit.

"I have another 25 to 30 to contact," Sauceda told Military.com. She said it is now "undetermined if any were recruited" into the Navy by Taylor.

Taylor was assigned to Naval Air Station Lemoore, Calif., and worked as a recruiter at the Navy recruiting office in Madera.

Sauceda said Madera police began investigating Taylor on Nov. 12 after a young woman told her story to Child Protective Services. That agency simultaneously reported the allegations to police and Navy officials, who immediately pulled Taylor off recruiting duty and kept him on the base.


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[Lerkfish]

1. beyond the seriousness of this crime, I have to snarkily ask

why that would make someone more willing to enlist?