An anonymous person tipped off federal authorities to allegations that a suspended Gresham police officer sexually abused an underage girl years earlier, according to testimony from a Monday court hearing.

The tip came in September years after the abuse. Oregon State Police Detective Joshua McNeely revealed the information during a preventative detention hearing for 36-year-old Hector Carranza, who joined the Gresham Police Department in 2014, the same year prosecutors say the alleged abuse began. Carranza was put on paid administrative leave in November.

Carranza allegedly engaged in sexual acts with the girl, now a 26-year-old adult, from when she was 14 until her 18th birthday in 2017, said Multnomah County Senior Deputy District Attorney Robin Skarstad. Carranza was about 24 when t

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