LOS ANGELES – The City Council unanimously approved a $450,000 settlement Wednesday for a woman who said she was sexually assaulted by a Los Angeles police officer in the back of his car while his partner acted as a lookout. The woman — identified in the lawsuit as Jane Doe No. 2 — is among … Read more
Former Oklahoma City police officer Daniel Holtzclaw was just found guilty of rape and sexual battery on Thursday. Now, his sentence has been handed down, and he is coming to the harsh realization that being a police officer didn’t save him from the 263 year sentence that a jury just handed down to him. Prosecutors … Read more
ROGERS, Ark. – Benton County Deputy Richard Kevin Harrison has been fired and arrested on a sexual assault charge, according to Sgt. Shannon Jenkins with the sheriff’s office. Harrison turned himself in at the Rogers Police Department Thursday morning on a charge of Sexual Assault in the Second Degree. A woman living in Rogers told … Read more
NASHVILLE, TN – A former Spring Hill police officer has been indicted for a federal civil rights violation. Christopher Patrick Odom, 27, is accused of engaging in unwanted sexual contact while he was on duty. Odom was indicted by a federal grand jury on Wednesday. He was arrested on Thursday by the TBI. The alleged … Read more
VANDALIA, Ohio – A Phillipsburg police officer is now in jail after raping two women. According to Vandalia Police, Justin Sanderson was wearing his Phillipsburg Police uniform and had his police cruiser parked at a hotel parking lot at the time of the incident. One woman filed the sexual assault report Monday, July 3. Based … Read more
James Watson, chief of the LaMoure Police Department, faces five felony charges in connection with the statutory rape and sexual abuse of a child under the age of 15, according to court documents filed Friday, June 30. Watson, 51, was arrested while testifying in a DUI case at the LaMoure County Courthouse Thursday, June 29, … Read more
A former Durham County deputy was arrested Monday on sex crimes involving a 15-year-old student while he served as a school resource officer. Christopher Kelly, 40, was fired April 28 after being accused of sexual misconduct, the sheriff’s office said in a statement. He started working as an off-duty school resource officer in June 2014, … Read more
This is what it is like for a rape victim if your rapist is a rich and powerful man. The family of an Alabama honors student who was, “mistreated by Tuscaloosa police, the university, and DCH Regional Medical Center” before committing suicide, will be suing the University of Alabama. Megan Rondini, a 3.8 GPA student … Read more
Yermia “Jeremy” Solomon, an officer with the Monticello Police Department, has been charged with raping a minor, according to state police. Solomon, 25, from Woodridge, had sexual contact with a minor under the age of 17, state police said in a news release. An order of protection was issued, and Solomon is on paid leave, … Read more
A former police officer facing charges of rape and kidnapping pleaded no contest to a lesser count, a prosecutor said. Former Covert Township police officer Erich Fritz pleaded no contest to a single count of unlawful imprisonment on Friday, June 9, Van Buren County Prosecutor Michael Bedford reports. In exchange, prosecutors agreed to dismiss charges … Read more
A Pasco police officer assigned to a task force investigating sex crimes against children is charged with raping and sexually assaulting a teen girl. Reports said Anthony James Haworth, 38, sexually assaulted the girl on multiple occasions from the ages of 14 to 19 at a home in the 5800 block of Taft Drive in … Read more
A former correctional officer in Texas, Jason D. Holmes was formerly employed at the Texas Department Criminal Justice’s hospital in Galveston. Back in 2015 an inmate at the hospital made a criminal complaint that Mr. Holmes sexually assaulted her twice. He was recently found guilty violating the civil rights of a person in custody and … Read more