Rape

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A Louisville Metro Police Department officer accused in a criminal rape investigation has been rejected for employment by at least six police departments in Florida. WDRB News obtained a background investigative report centered on LMPD officer Pablo Cano that was completed in June of 2017 by the Miami-Dade Police Department. The report … Read more

A New York judge expressed horror at letters written in support of a retired police officer who admitted to repeatedly raping a teenage girl — but he managed to avoid prison anyway. Adam Mesiti pleaded guilty to third-degree rape of a 16-year-old, but the letters showed his friends and family still believed he was innocent … Read more

The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals made public Thursday documents in Daniel Ken Holtzclaw’s appeal, revealing a secret hearing in June was closed to the public because of a personnel matter. The hearing, before Oklahoma County District Judge Timothy Henderson, was to “assist the court in determining which materials, if any, were subject to disclosure … Read more

The former security officer that pleaded guilty to raping a Holley High School student was sentenced on Monday. According to the Orleans Hub, Adam Mesiti was sentenced to ten years of probation. He will also have to register as a sex offender. Earlier this year, he pleaded guilty to having sex with a 16-year-old girl … Read more

BROOMFIELD, Colo. – A Westminster police officer is in custody over allegations of a sexual assault that took place early Wednesday morning, the Broomfield Police Department said. The incident involving on-duty officer Curtis Arganbright and a woman reportedly occurred between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. near West 144th Avenue and Zuni Street. The woman, came … Read more

The lawyer for a 23-year-old woman suing the Harris County Sheriff’s Office over a roadside body cavity search is asking for a special prosecutor to be appointed following the district attorney’s office dismissal of the cases against two deputies charged with official oppression. Attorney Sam Cammack, flanked by protesters and Black Lives Matter activists at … Read more

ELIZABETH – A suspended North Plainfield police officer is being held in the Union County jail accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a motel hours after he first encountered her while on duty, authorities said. Mike-Edward Jean-Baptiste, 29, appeared for a hearing in the Union County jail with his hands cuffed. He briefly stood … Read more

A trooper with the Virginia State Police has been indicted by a Scott County grand jury on rape and forcible sodomy charges, according to court records obtained by News 5. Matthew Morgan Phillips, 28, of Bristol, Virginia, is now suspended from duty without pay until legal proceedings against him are completed, according to VSP spokesperson … Read more

As you might expect, Dana Alden Fox—the private lawyer who recently represented the Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD) in its battle to avoid accountability for keeping an accused rapist on patrol duty and the resulting disastrous consequences for a young woman who appeared on The Real Housewives of Orange County—is a serious fellow. Fox long … Read more

LOUISVILLE – Rape allegations are being made against a Louisville Metro Police officer. “I was actually in shock,” said Councilman David James. A total of four women have come forward alleging they had been raped by LMPD officer Pablo Cano, on many occasions while he was working or in uniform and armed. “It’s another black … Read more

A federal jury awarded $2.25 million on Friday, Aug. 4, to an Orange County woman who alleged an on-duty sheriff’s deputy raped her in Dana Point only four months after another woman accused the same deputy of sexual assault. The jury found that the county was liable because of a sheriff’s department policy that allowed … Read more