Salt Lake police officer charged with stalking his ex-girlfriend
Jun 1, 2025, 9:19 PM | Updated: Jun 3, 2025, 10:23 am
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SALT LAKE CITY — A Salt Lake City police officer has been charged after repeatedly contacting a former girlfriend after their relationship ended, the Salt Lake County Attorney General’s office said.
Thomas Douglas Goodsell, 40, was charged with one count of stalking a current or former cohabitant, a third-degree felony, according to documents filed by the attorney general’s office on May 23.
The former girlfriend, identified in the documents as B.G., told police she ended her relationship with Goodsell in November 2024.
She told police that Goodsell continued to attempt to contact her “through various means including text, email, phone calls and several apps,” according to charging documents.
She asked Goodsell on Jan. 3, Jan. 17, and Jan. 22 to stop contacting her, the court documents state.
“Following B.G.’s first request to stop contacting her, Goodsell emailed or texted B.G. more than 52 times,” charging documents state. Goodsell used 10 different phone numbers to try to contact the woman, according to the attorney general’s office.
The woman told police she moved, changed her phone number and email address and asked her employer to apply a filter to prevent Goodsell from contacting her at work, court documents state.
B.G. told police she was concerned her life was in danger.
Emails from Goodsell to B.G. indicated he would commit suicide, according to charging documents.
The attorney general’s office requested that Goodsell be detained before his trial and be held without bail.
Goodsell was arrested on May 23 and is being held in jail.
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