FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — When Veronica was raped more than 13 years ago, she says neither the police nor the hospital staff believed her story that a longtime friend attacked her while his mother was in the next room. “I was treated like a female crying wolf,” said Veronica, who says the man raped her while … Read more
LANSING, N.Y. — A Tompkins County Sheriff’s Deputy has been charged with first-degree rape and first-degree sexual assault following an investigation into an alleged crime that happened about four years ago. Deputy Scott Walters and another man named Matthew Pinney are both facing felony charges for the Feb. 2, 2013 alleged incident that happened at … Read more
Two former police officers in Etowah County were arrested Monday night on sex crime charges. Jonathan Perry Works, 41, of Gadsden, and Brian Edward Walker, 44, of Rainbow City were booked into the Etowah County Jail in the early evening, records show. Both worked at Southside Police Department and their arrests followed indictments that were … Read more
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
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
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
When New York City Council Member Mark Treyger read about Anna Chambers’s case, he was appalled. News of the alleged rape of an 18-year-old by two undercover detectives from the New York Police Department while she was detained in their car was disturbing enough. When the Brooklyn City Council member learned that officers Eddie Martins … Read more
Two UK police officers have been fired after accidentally leaving a message on a mother’s voicemail saying they hoped her vulnerable child would “get raped”. The Avon and Somerset Police officers were on their way to an incident involving the child when one of them rang the mother’s mobile for more information. There was no … Read more