Ark Valley News - Case against ex-cop ‘active’

Case against ex-cop ‘active’
By Chris Strunk
Last Updated: January 26, 2017

Seven weeks since his arrest and former Valley Center police Sgt. Thomas Delgado still has not been charged.

No timetable has been set to seek charges in the case against Delgado, Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office spokesman Lt. Lin Dehning told The News.

"The case is being assembled to take to the district attorney's office," Dehning said. "The next update will be when it's presented to the DA's office."

Delgado was arrested Dec. 8 on charges of rape, sexual battery, sexual exploitation of a child and official misconduct.

He was held in jail on $100,000 bond, but bonded out Dec. 9.

"This will be a pretty big case," Dehning said. "… It all takes time."

Delgado, 49, a former sheriff's deputy, was hired by the Valley Center Police Department in March 2014. He resigned the day of his arrest.

The sheriff's office has been investigating Delgado since receiving a complaint Dec. 2 that concerned two teenage girls who live in Valley Center.

Sheriff Jeff Easter previously told The News that investigators were looking into additional allegations against Delgado, including incidents that allegedly took place while Delgado was a sheriff's deputy.

"It hasn't been dropped," Dehning said. "It's still an active case."