SHREVEPORT, La. — A former airman has been sentenced to prison for the sexual abuse of a minor.
U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks Jr. sentenced Julio M. Gomez, 53, of Blanchard, Oklahoma, on Monday to three years and a day in prison and five years of supervised release for the crime, Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook said in a news release. Gomez also was ordered to pay $29,900 in restitution to the victim and a $10,000 fine, Hook said.
Gomez pleaded guilty in the case on Oct. 3, 2019.
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According to information presented to the court, the U.S. Air Force’s Office of Special Investigations conducted an inquiry into Gomez after receiving a complaint alleging sexual misconduct in 1997 with a 13-year old female while he was stationed at Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City, Louisiana. The investigation revealed that between January 1997 and December 1998, Gomez did sexually abuse a teen-aged victim while living at his base residence.
Gomez was a second lieutenant in the Air Force at the time of the incident.
