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A Crawford police officer accused of having inappropriate sexual contact with a minor under the age of 17 multiple times was fired Tuesday evening during a city council meeting.

Mayor Brent Meyer said the city discussed the employment issue in executive session and then voted in open session to terminate Officer William “Bill” Byrom’s employment.

Byrom, 28, was placed on administrative leave Oct. 23 pending an investigation after Crawford Police Chief Clayton Bruton discovered the allegations, an affidavit said.

A Texas Rangers investigation determined he may have had inappropriate sexual contact with a minor, and Byrom was arrested Oct. 28 on a warrant alleging indecency with a child sexual contact.

Bruton started investigating the alleged incidents on his own before asking the Rangers to step in, the affidavit shows.

According to the affidavit, Byrom admitted to a Ranger that he had placed his hands under the victim’s shirt at least once.

The victim said in forensic interviews at the Waco Child Advocacy Center that there were at least four or five such incidents, the last being in September.