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Investigating the most serious crimes

Valley County Sheriff’s Office Detective Steve Gorski investigates major crimes with more than half of his cases involving troubling sex crimes.Gorski, a detective with over 30 years experience, says about 60% of his case load stems from sex crimes like rape, lewd conduct with minors, sexual battery, child pornography, and sextortion cases on social media.“When I was hired as a detective, I explained to Sheriff (Kevin) Copperi that I would do anything he needed, but I preferred to just investigate serious crimes,” Gorski said.

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