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Sex crimes unit being investigated for sex crime

Last updated Thursday, November 17, 2011 - 10:46am

MARTINEZ, Calif. -- The sex crimes prosecutor was on his way to work when a police officer handcuffed him and told him he was under arrest -- on suspicion of rape.

A junior prosecutor told police that Contra Costa County Deputy District Attorney Michael Gressett, 54, had raped her during their lunch hour while he was awaiting a jury verdict in a molestation case he had tried.

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Suspect ex-cop in drug thefts also sought to sell explosives

Contra Costa Times, Malaika Fraley, Robert Salonga

Last updated Tuesday, March 1, 2011 - 10:49am

MARTINEZ, Calif. -- A Concord, Calif., private investigator tried to find a buyer for two bricks of a military-grade explosive in the days before he and a drug task force leader were charged with selling and conspiring to sell large quantities of drugs, according to a search warrant affidavit.

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Ex-prosecutor, accused of rape, wins job back

Contra Costa Times, John Simerman

Last updated Wednesday, February 9, 2011 - 11:10am

MARTINEZ, Calif. -- An arbitrator has reversed Contra Costa County's firing of a veteran prosecutor accused of raping a junior colleague at his Martinez home nearly three years ago, backing Michael Gressett's claim that the pursuit of rape charges by the district attorney's office was "tainted by political animosity," according to a copy of the ruling obtained by Bay Area News Group.

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