BIRMINGHAM, AL
(WBRC)- A former Tuscaloosa Police sergeant was indicted Thursday for federal
civil rights violations in connection to a 2011 aggravated sexual assault.
The five-count
indictment charges Jason Glenn Thomas, 33, with violating the constitutional
rights of the victim and with obstructing justice based on misleading
statements he made to law enforcement officers during the investigation of the
sexual assault.
According to
the indictment, by sexually assaulting the victim, Thomas deprived her of her
liberty with due processs of law, which includes the right to bodily integrity,
as well as her right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure.
Thomas faces a
possible maximum sentence of life in prison and a fine of $1 million.
Thomas was
arrested Wednesday, March 30, 2011 and charged with first degree sexual abuse.
The accusation was made by a 42-year-old female who said the incident happened
Sunday, March 27, 2011.
The victim told
investigators she was walking along Highway 216 when Thomas pulled up in his
patrol car and later raped her outside the car on the road.