An officer with the Salt Lake City Police Department was charged last month with stalking his ex-girlfriend after she broke up with him.
Todd Douglas Goodsell, 40, was charged on May 19 with stalking a “current or former cohabitant,” a 3rd-degree felony.
According to Sandy City Police (where the suspect resides), Goodsell’s ex said they were in a relationship and living together when she ended it in November 2024.
The woman said Goodsell persistently contacted her via phone call, text message, email, and various apps. She said she asked him to stop on Jan. 3, then again on Jan. 17 and Jan. 22. After being asked to stop, he allegedly continued to try to contact her. She said he emailed or texted her at least 52 times using 10 different phone numbers, including his work phone, personal phone, and several other numbers that investigators said were likely generated through a “VOIP” (Voice over Internet Protocol) website. She said Goodsell also tried contacting her via Instagram and even Venmo, and he would create new accounts after she would block him.
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