Kansas A Maize High School teacher and former police officer was arrested on suspicion of sex crimes involving a student on Monday morning, jail records show. Johnny Paul Yelverton, 44, was booked into the Sedgwick County Jail at 11:18 a.m. on Monday on suspicion of two counts of unlawful sexual relations and one count of … Read more
Martinez, Calif. – The Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office announced Friday that Patrick Morseman of Vallejo was charged with four felonies for unlawful sex acts involving two inmates at the West County Detention Facility. Morseman was a Deputy with the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office and was assigned to the West County Detention Facility … Read more
A Kentucky police officer is under investigation for rape charges, according to WLKY News. Officer John Nissen was indicted for theft, tampering with a witness and misconduct. “The complaint was from an alleged rape victim, and they were interviewing her,” Attorney Shelly Alvey said. “Nissen agreed to take her home, and the allegation is that … Read more
York, Canada – A former York police officer has pleaded guilty and been sentenced on sexual assault and breach of trust charges, a second conviction for the Markham man in the past two years. Former constable Young Min von Seefried was handed a 25-month prison sentence on April 5 for his behaviour on Aug. 12, … Read more
Georgia – A former Fulton County sheriff’s deputy pleaded guilty to two counts of false imprisonment for groping women inside the courthouse, the district attorney’s office said Monday. Nakia Dorsey, 42, was in uniform when he groped two separate women who were defendants in 2011 and 2012. During the first incident Oct. 3, 2011, Dorsey … Read more
A Hennepin County jury on Thursday found an off-duty Minneapolis police officer guilty of sexually assaulting a 39-year-old woman after a night of drinking. The jury of eight women and four men deliberated for about seven hours over two days before convicting Thomas Tichich of two counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct. Tichich, 49, did … Read more
PROSSER, Washington – A Prosser police officer recently fired for misconduct was accused of sexually molesting a handcuffed woman in his patrol car. A multi-agency investigation into Officer Shane Hellyer focused on allegations he groped the woman while she was in the back of his patrol car. The December 2016 incident was just one of … Read more
Colorado – A former Pueblo police officer who was arrested in November 2016 on sexual assault charges was sentenced to serve more than a year in the Pueblo County jail and 10 years of probation. Benjamin Candelaria, 48, accepted a plea agreement in which he pleaded guilty to criminal attempt to commit sexual assault, a … Read more
Texas – A 15-year veteran of the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office was arrested in connection with a 2016 sexual assault case, officials said Tuesday. Sheriff’s Deputy Leonard Lopez, 47, turned himself in and was charged with sexual assault of a woman, Sheriff Javier Salazar said during a news conference. Lopez relinquished his gun and badge … Read more
A runaway teen who was pimped out by a rogue NYPD detective will get $1.25 million for her shocking ordeal, the Daily News has learned. The pact ends a 7-year-old case in which a woman identified only by the initials H.H. argued that police brass could have spared her agony and humiliation if they had … Read more
A former officer with the Savanna Police Department in Pittsburg County has been sentenced to 100 months in prison after pleading guilty in federal court to violating the civil rights of a woman he sexually assaulted during a traffic stop last year. Jerry Lynn “Jay” Gragg Jr., 40, was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court … Read more
PUTNAM COUNTY, WV – Troopers with the West Virginia State Police and the Putnam County Sheriff’s Department’s Special Enforcement Unit need your help located William “Bill” Roegner and his girlfriend, Penny Holt. Holt is wanted for questioning in connection to the investigation. She is not facing any charges at this time. Roegner is is facing … Read more