Mesa police officer indicted on 8 felony charges

A Mesa police officer was indicted for eight felonies counts on Wednesday.

According to Attorney General Terry Goddard, Department of Public Safety Director Roger Vanderpool, and Mesa Police Chief George Gascón, 37-year-old Daniel Albert Coronado of Gilbert was indicted on four counts of computer tampering and four counts of unauthorized access to criminal history, all Class 6 felonies.

Coronado is suspected of using police computer terminals to access the Arizona criminal justice information system and/or computerized criminal history records for purposes other than his official law enforcement duties between January 2005 and June 2008.

Coronado illegally logged on to the computer terminals 149 times and accessed the criminal records of nearly 10 individuals, according to the indictment.

An internal investigation was conducted by the Mesa Police Department, which was later turned over to the Department of Public Safety.

Coronado has been suspended from the Mesa Police Department pending the outcome of this case, according to authorities.

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