A Kentucky cop is now facing six lawsuits alleging that he raped women, including while he was on duty. Former Louisville police offer Pablo Cano, who resigned after several of the lawsuits were filed, is accused of having raped women in his patrol car and in uniform. “I couldn’t believe it was happening,” one of … Read more
A now-fired Milwaukee police officer convicted of raping a woman after he responded to her 911 call in 2010 is entitled to a new trial, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. A flawed instruction to the jury could have made the difference between “a sentence capped at one year and a maximum penalty of life … Read more
The former Milwaukee police officer who fatally shot Sylville Smith in 2016, touching off days of violent unrest in parts of the Sherman Park neighborhood, was sentenced to three years in prison Tuesday for unrelated sex crimes. Dominique Heaggan-Brown, 26, also was ordered to serve 180 days in the House of Correction and three years … Read more
CRYSTAL LAKE, Illinois – Prosecutors offered a negotiated plea Friday to a retired Lake in the Hills deputy police chief who is facing felony sex abuse and gun charges. Attorneys met with McHenry County Judge Sharon Prather on Friday to talk about 61-year-old Alan R. Bokowski’s cases. The former police official has until Wednesday to … Read more
A woman was awarded $3 million after suing a former Bibb County deputy who was convicted for sexually assaulting her in his office at the sheriff’s department in 2013. The case has garnered local and national attention, after Ervin Lee Heard was mentioned in the popular “S-Town” podcast that centered on the Alabama county. Susie … Read more
A Montgomery police officer accused of sexually assaulting a man while on duty was paid for 18 months before pleading guilty to reduced charges and resigning last week. The Montgomery Advertiser reported Tuesday that Deonte Hamner went on paid administrative leave after being charged with first-degree sodomy in June 2016. He pleaded guilty to misdemeanor … Read more
ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Illinois – A former sheriff’s deputy accused of soliciting sex from a woman he pulled over was sued in federal court Wednesday, along with the St. Clair County sheriff. The lawsuit says that Robert Sneed pulled the Cahokia woman over on Feb. 16, 2017. She was driving a newly purchased car, and … Read more
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York state would make it illegal for police officers to have sex with people in their custody under a proposal gaining momentum in Albany. The idea picked up the support of Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday, who said he’ll amend his state budget proposal to include language saying that people in … Read more
Sitting in an unmarked police car in a dark lot outside her Allapattah apartment, Sara was crying and shaking uncontrollably. The dashboard clock glowed 2 a.m. Three weeks earlier, she had called 911 to report that her boyfriend had violently raped her. Now she was the victim of another sexual assault. But this time her … Read more
ROGERS, Ark. — A former police chief serving a 30-year prison term for murder was charged Monday with raping a school teacher 20 years ago. Rogers officials said DNA collected after the 1997 assault at an elementary school was from Grant Hardin, 59 and the former chief of the Gateway Police Department in northwestern Arkansas. … Read more
A lesbian inmate who was allegedly raped and impregnated by a Tennessee guard has filed a million-dollar civil rights lawsuit against him. Jessica Fowler, 31, was booked into Moore County Jail in September 2016 on a probation violation. Five months later, corrections officer Caleb Shane Hopkins began coercing her into sex with him, the federal … Read more
Pennsylvania – Sexual assault, rape and related charges against a suspended Mt. Pleasant Borough police officer will stand, a Westmoreland County judge ruled Tuesday. Common Pleas Court Judge Christopher Feliciani said five other cases involving five alleged victims in Western Pennsylvania can be prosecuted against John Andrew Brown in Westmoreland County. Brown, 44, of Mt. … Read more