Local News in Brief : Molestation Conviction
The former commander of the Salvation Army in Burbank--an ordained minister with a wife and three children--was convicted Friday of molesting three girls inside the organization’s offices.
Gilbert Crowell is scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 1 on four misdemeanor counts of child molestation and two counts of battery. Crowell, 27, could be sentenced to up to a year in prison for each offense, said Burbank Deputy City Atty. Carolyn Barnes.
Crowell remains free on his own recognizance but was ordered by Glendale Municipal Judge Charles E. Horan not to associate with females under 18 years old.
Crowell was acquitted of five battery charges involving two other girls and was acquitted of two molestation charges.
A seven-man, five-woman jury deliberated three days before delivering the verdict.
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