ORLANDO, Fla. —
An alleged rape victim said Orlando police officers followed
her and then took her in for questioning after she accused one of their own of
sexually assaulting her.
The alleged rape victim of Orlando police Officer Roderick
Johnson told Channel 9 last year Johnson was armed and intimidating during the
sexual battery at a police substation.
But in new documents, the victim said the intimidation
didn't stop with Johnson's arrest. She told prosecutors she thought OPD
officers were tailing her through her cellphone GPS, because they seemed to
know exactly where she was.
And workers at the motel where the alleged victim was living
told state attorney investigators Orlando detectives came looking for her and
stayed several hours, posing as electricians or fire marshals so they'd know
when she left.
One witness said the alleged victim walked down a set of
stairs, and an officer was waiting downstairs. The witness said the officer
crouched down near a fire extinguisher box to pretend like he was working on
it.
The victim said she was heading to the bus stop around the
corner and before she could even get to it, she was stopped by an unmarked
police car.
The victim told state attorney investigators the Orlando
Internal Affairs officers placed her in their car and took her to OPD
headquarters, the same building Johnson worked, for another interview.
"They're treating the victim like a suspect, and it's
very upsetting," said the victim's attorney, Whitney Boan.
Boan said her client had already given police two recorded
statements and one written statement before they surveyed her and tracked her
down for more questioning.
Johnson is expected to go to trial this summer