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January 22, 2021

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Woman who testified against cop receives probation

Lydia Gorzoch testified two weeks ago that Officer Jon Brown willingly took the designer drug Ecstasy during a night of partying in May 1999.

Brown was arrested on drug trafficking charges after he nearly died of a drug overdose at Gorzoch's apartment.

Brown and Gorzoch both testified that he drank the so-called date rape drug GHB accidentally, but they differed on whether he voluntarily took the Ecstasy.

A jury found Brown innocent Jan. 23.

Gorzoch, who was arrested at the same time as Brown on drug trafficking and drug manufacturing charges, struck a deal with prosecutors to avoid a mandatory life sentence.

District Judge Joseph Bonaventure sentenced Gorzoch on Thursday.

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