Thursday, February 11, 2021

Gilberto Luis Fernández-Rosa, A Milwaukee County Corrections Officer At Local Jail Resigns After Being Criminally Charged With Sexual Assault Of An Inmate Including A Co-worker

Fernández-Rosa was assigned to the Milwaukee County jail facility before he resigned after being criminally charged for multiple felony counts of sexual assault involving an inmate and a misdemeanor count for sexual assault of a co-worker, the three incidents that occurred between September 2020 through January 2021.

By H. Nelson Goodson 
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

February 11, 2021

Milwaukee, WI - The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) has confirmed that Gilberto Luis Fernández-Rosa, 26, a Milwaukee County Corrections Officer had resigned on February 9, 2021 from his position after being charged on February 3, 2021 with two felony counts for 2nd-degree sexual assault by corrections staff and one misdemeanor charge for 4th-degree sexual assault. If convicted, Fernández-Rosa is facing up to 40 years in prison and up to $100,000 in fines for each felony count and up to 9 months in jail and up to $10,000 in fines for the misdemeanor charge. A cash bail of $10,000 was set for Fernández-Rosa who is scheduled for a preliminary Milwaukee County court hearing on Friday, February 12th.

Fernández-Rosa was taken into custody on January 29, according to the MCSO.

According to the criminal complaint, Fernández-Rosa allegedly touched a female inmate and forced the inmate to touch him inappropriately in her cell on two separate occasions (between September to December 2020). In the third incident, he exposed himself to a co-worker and also forced the co-worker to touch him (January 2021), according to the complaint.

Milwaukee County Sheriff Earnall R. Lucas stated, "The resignation of Mr. Fernández-Rosa is reflective to the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office holding its members to a high standard and acknowledgement that he could no longer uphold the high honor of his employment."

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