NA Member is Charged for Sexually Assaulting Woman at NA Meeting Parking Lot

Antonio Maldonado.

Antonio Maldonado

Metro recovery group responds to charges filed against  NA member
Jan 20, 2015
By: Thabie Sibanda, Fox 25 ReporterCONNECT

Members from a “Narcotics Anonymous” group are responding to sexual battery charges filed against NA Member.

The charges and the arrest warrant were issued against 62-year-old Antonio Maldonado Monday. He is accused of taking advantage of a woman recovering from addiction. According to court documents he promised he’d sign participation papers as long as she agreed to sleep with him.

Police say Maldonado sexually assaulted a woman outside of a meeting in south Oklahoma City. Something members say has nothing to do with the good the program does. Sunrise Park Holly Hill has dangerous felons at AA and NA Daytona meetings.

“If that’s something that happened on the inside we would have called the police and had him arrested ourselves,” said member Rickey Nickelberry.

Police say it was back on October 14th when he followed a woman into the parking lot. She was taking a smoke break when Maldonado allegedly pinned her against a truck, groped her and tried to assault her. A group leader happened to be walking out and yelled for him to stop. The victim says Maldonado offered to sign her meeting papers if she agreed to sleep with him. Holly Hill Parks have mandated felons in AA and NA Daytona.

“She also said she believed there were several more victims who basically had been taken advantage of in the same way,” said SSgt. Jennifer Wardlow.

Nickelberry tells Fox 25 there’s a board of people who chair the meetings. Although Maldonado was a chair person in the past he was not at the time.

“So he was not placed in a position from the committee to sign any paper at that particular time,” said Nickelberry. “So if he did say that then he was probably lying at the time.”

Nickelberry is a recovering addict and was sent there by a court order.

“They realized that there is a program that works,” said Nickelberry. “I mean we have an 87% success rate.”

He’s been clean for almost eleven years and he says the group is a sanctuary for addicts.

“It offered hope and the promise of freedom,” said Nickelberry.

He wants to make sure Maldonado’s alleged offenses don’t take away from the work the group does. Sex Offenders and rapists sent to AA Daytona and NA Daytona meetings.

The group says they have no tolerance for that kind of behavior and they tell us Maldonado has since been banned. An arrest warrant has been issued for him so if you know where he is call police. Violent felons mandated to AA and NA Daytona meetings.

http://www.okcfox.com/story/27732804/metro-recovery-group-responds-to-charges-filed-against-former-member

22 thoughts on “NA Member is Charged for Sexually Assaulting Woman at NA Meeting Parking Lot

  1. Just on the surface, based on the photo, this guy looks like a real winner, doesn’t he? They did say at the meetings I went to to stick with the winners. Uh huh. If this creep spoke good AA I might have been advised by a sponsor to stick around someone like him. Beyond creepy how there are no safeguards in AA whatsoever. It’s literally a field day for predators of all kinds.

    • I totally agree Rob, I mean this guy looks pretty scary, and he had a long rap sheet as well. They also suspected he abuse other women too. So did the other members know of the other incidents and did nothing about it? It is just outrageous how AA and NA continue to have a perfect storm for women to be harmed by other members.

  2. Arrest warrant issued for man in NA/AA sexual assault complaints
    UPDATED 6:28 PM CST Dec 30, 2014

    AA member accused of sexual assault

    OKLAHOMA CITY —Oklahoma City police have issued an arrest warrant for a person claiming to be an NA/AA meeting leader.

    According to court documents, Antonio Maldonado groped women during multiple incidents in mid October.

    One of the alleged victims told police that the man takes advantage of the alleged victims in drug court because he knows they are scared to call police to report it.

    If you know of Maldanado’s whereabouts, please call police.

    http://www.koco.com/crime/aa-member-accused-of-sexual-assault/30464626

    Here is what the transcript says

    “SAY THAT HE ABUSED THE TRUST OF A WOMAN TRYING TO TREAT HER ADDICTION. WHAT HE DID AND HOW TO FIND HIM. BEHIND THIS BUILDING IS WHERE THAT ALLEGED CASE OF BATTERY TOOK PLACE, THAT FEMALE VICTIM CAME THROUGH THIS BACK-DOOR TO SMOKE A CIGARETTE AND PUSHED THROUGH THIS WALL. AND A WARRANT FOR HER ALLEGED ATTACKER. I AM HERE THREE DAYS A WEEK. RICKY SAYS HE IS A RECOVERING ADDICT, AND SAYS THAT IT’S BEEN TWO MONTHS SINCE HE SAW HIS PEER, ANTONIO MALDONADO. THE COMMITTEE GOT TOGETHER AND BANNED HIM FROM THE GROUP. BANNED OVER ACCUSATIONS THAT HE INAPPROPRIATELY TOUCHED A FEMALE IN OCTOBER. POLICE REPORT THAT HE FOLLOWED A WOMAN OUT BACK SMOKING, AND PINNED INTO THE BUILDING BY MALDONADO. AND FOLLOWING HER TO HER TRUCK AND PUT HIS HANDS DOWN HER PANTS, AND SAYING THAT HE WAS A LEADER AND HE WOULD SIGN HER PAPERWORK FOR AA MEETINGS. AND AUTHORITIES SAY THAT MALDONADA HAS NO LEADERSHIP IN THE GROUP. WE REACHED OUT TO A NUMBER OF FACILITIES AND EVEN STATE FOR A COMMENT. NO ONE WOULD COMMENT.

    If you know of Maldanado’s whereabouts, please call police.

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