LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — A former Las Cruces police officer who pleaded no contest to extorting a woman by offering to delete explicit photos in exchange for sex has been sentenced.
KDBC-TV in El Paso, Texas, reports William D. Gonzalez was sentenced Thursday to 3 1/2 years of probation after authorities say he sent more than 100 text messages to the woman and called her 30 times over a three-day period.
He pleaded no contest to extortion, voyeurism and harassment.
Police say the 31-year-old Gonzalez threatened to publicly reveal naked photos of the woman after she refused to respond to his messages. Authorities say Gonzalez obtained the photos without her permission.
Gonzalez also pleaded no contest to indecent exposure earlier last year.