Georgia – A Fulton County police officer was fired and may face criminal charges after he was accused of raping a woman in Alpharetta, according to Channel 2 Action News. Bobby Ransom was fired Feb. 16, long after the alleged incident, the station reported. Ransom, 33, forced his way into a woman’s residence last May … Read more
EUGENE, Ore. – A 40-year-old deputy who works at the Lane County Jail faces accusations he raped an 18-year-old girl in Springfield, the Lane County Sheriff’s Office said Friday. Springfield Police arrested Matthew Hitson on charges of Rape in the First Degree, Furnishing Alcohol to a Minor (under 21), and Delivery of Marijuana to a … Read more
HOUSTON, Texas – A former sergeant with Harris County Precinct 6 Constable Silvia Trevino’s office is under arrest for sex assault. Edward Mata is expected to appear before a judge this afternoon for the first time. He’s accused of raping an acquaintance, according to court documents obtained by Eyewitness News. Investigators said the two began … Read more
Virginia – An Alexandria police officer has been placed on leave without pay after his arrest on domestic violence charges in Prince William County. The department has revoked the police powers of Khurram Chaudhary, 31, of Woodbridge. He’s been with Alexandria Police for nearly four years. Chaudhary is accused of sexually assaulting a 30-year-old woman, … Read more
PANOLA COUNTY, Miss. — A Panola County Sheriff’s deputy has been on leave for several weeks during an investigation after he was accused of rape. He says everything was consensual. Meanwhile, an outside agency has been brought in to look into this case. WREG is not identifying the deputy because he has not been charged. … Read more
California – A Monterey Park police officer was convicted Monday of sexually assaulting three women during traffic stops, a streak of misconduct in which prosecutors say he forced women to expose themselves and in two cases groped them. Israel Sanchez committed the string of assaults in the summer of 2014 against female drivers who were … Read more
Massachusetts – A Chicopee police officer was arraigned Tuesday on charges that he raped a woman over the weekend during National Guard training at Fort Devens, and he’s now suspended without pay, authorities said. Officer Corey Fournier, a 3 ½-year veteran of the Chicopee Police Department, appeared in Clinton District Court for arraignment on two … Read more
Panama City, Fla. – Two Bay County Jail inmates who said they were sexually assaulted by a former corrections officer have won a federal lawsuit against the officer and the Bay County Sheriff’s Office. The victim said Pedro Reyes raped her and several other inmates in a closet at the jail. They also claimed that … Read more
CROWN POINT — A Lake County police officer facing rape charges could return to uniform if he can avoid a felony conviction. The Lake County Police Merit Board has dismissed disciplinary charges against Nicholas “Nick” Medrano this week on a technicality, said Chief William Paterson, second-in-command at the Lake County Sheriff’s Department. Paterson said Medrano … Read more
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
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