A former police officer from Mexico was found guilty Wednesday in the rape of a woman in Aurora, Co., where authorities said he ordered his victim to put down her 1-year-old son prior to the assault. Ricardo Corral-Venegas, 27, was armed with a butcher knife on Oct. 4, 2016, when he forced his way into … Read more
The 19-year-old woman who has accused two NYPD cops of raping her broke down in tears Friday while describing in a deposition how the officers took turns attacking her, her attorney said. Anna Chambers recalled that at one point, one cop told the other, “Now it’s your turn,” while she was being assaulted in the … Read more
Sexual misconduct accusations against Deputy Richard Fischer continue to mount as four more women filed lawsuits or legal claims against the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department this week. The latest allegations — two lawsuits and two claims — raise the number of complaints to nine. All of the alleged victims report similar stories of unwelcome … Read more
Over the last few months, as there are more and more reports of sexual harassment and abuse by men in power, we hear the refrain: Believe women. If we are to believe women, we also must broaden our focus to those who are marginalized — those who are specifically targeted because people won’t believe them. … Read more
WEST JORDAN — A former Utah Department of Corrections officer convicted of sex abuse who’s been on the run for nearly 10 years to avoid going to prison has been captured in Hawaii. The U.S. Marshals Service announced Tuesday that William Lawrence, 41, was captured without incident while eating lunch over the weekend. On Dec. … Read more
Police have warned Christmas party goers to obtain consent before kissing under the mistletoe otherwise they may be guilty of rape. The advice came in a tweet, since deleted, by the Police Service of Northern Ireland which has been criticised for “trivialising” sexual violence. The force, which has 159,000 followers, tweeted on Saturday: “If you … Read more
SALEM, Massachusetts — A trial has been scheduled for June for a now-former Salem police patrolman charged with sexually assaulting a man in protective custody at the police station on Halloween last year. Brian Butler, 56, of Salem, is facing charges of rape and indecent assault and battery stemming from the incident early on the … Read more
A former officer with the Savanna Police Department in Pittsburg County has pleaded guilty to a federal count of violating the civil rights of a woman he sexually assaulted during a traffic stop in January. Jerry Lynn “Jay” Gragg Jr., 40, entered the plea Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Muskogee. Gragg accepted a plea … Read more
An Arizona police officer is facing a slew of felony sex crime charges in California. Jared Elkins, a 33-year-old officer with the Yuma Police Department, was charged with eight counts — including forcible rape, rape of an intoxicated person, forcible oral copulation and sexual penetration by use of force — for an alleged incident in … Read more
Countless women have been raped by male guards at the for-profit Karnes County Residential Center in Karnes City, Texas. The male guards have open access to women detainees’ cells. Any time, day or night, guards can enter women’s cells and abuse them. The Karnes County Residential Center is a jail, a prison that is called … Read more
The NYPD opened an investigation Friday into whether cops tried to pressure an 18-year-old woman who claimed she was raped by two detectives in Brooklyn to withdraw her allegations. The allegations came from the alleged victim’s lawyer Michael David, who said nine police officers from the 60th Precinct tried to intimidate her to back off … Read more
A group of NYPD cops showed up at the hospital where an 18-year-old woman was seeking treatment after allegedly being raped by two Brooklyn detectives, in a bid to bully her out of bringing sex assault charges, her lawyer claims. “They came with nine cops to intimidate her and her mom, to discourage them from … Read more