Sexual assault

The NYPD deny that police groped Amanda Bynes. The Police insist they acted appropriately when they arrested Amanda Bynes last Thursday. Bynes claims on Twitter that she was groped and an officer "slapped my vagina."

Four female employees of the Fontana school police department are accusing a cop named Officer James Garcia of sexually assaulting and raping them.

Layers said the victims were threatened with termination if they spoke about the sexual assault allegations.  In 2006, an 18 year old accused Garcia of sexual assault but prosecutors did not charge him.

New Mexico State cop accused of drugging, raping women in El Paso

New Mexico State Police officer Joe Ballesteros is under investigation for allegedly drugging and raping two women, according to a KRQE-TV news report. Two women have come forward in the last year claiming to have met Ballesteros at bars in El Paso, Texas, and agreed to go home with him to his house in Santa Teresa, NM. However, that is the last thing the women said they remembered before waking up later at Ballesteros’ home, the sources said.

Cop arrested for rape

PHILADELPHIA Philadelphia cop Richard DeCoatesworth  was arrested Saturday morning, after two women claimed he took them to a confidential location, pulled out a handgun and forced them to use drugs and engage in sexual acts. DeCoatesworth's bail was set at $60 million. DeCoatesworth piled up several complaints.

Cleveland cop Wayne Anthony Scott appears in court accused of sex offences

Cleveland cop Wayne Anthony Scott made his second court appearance accused of sex offences to face three charges of non-consensual touching. The cop has also been charged with an offence of rape and one of attempted rape.

Spokane cop Accused Of Rape

An unidentified woman indicated to investigators that Spokane cop Jeff Graves raped her. The woman claims Graves used the GPS location provided on Facebook messages to figure out where she lived. The woman claims Graves eventually began showing up at her work place, too. She says he arrived at her home and work many times without invitation and contacted her more than one hundred times a day via fb messages that were aggressive and sexual in nature and she began to fear Graves.

abused a woman who suffers from a mental disease

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Bennie Brandon Hand, a cop has been charged with sexually assaulting a vulnerable adult while on duty.He was charged with misconduct in office, third-degree criminal sexual conduct and abuse of a vulnerable adult. The warrant says Hand abused a woman who suffers from a mental disease between July 1 and Jan. 1.

Cleveland Police officer appears in court on sex attack charges

Cleveland Police officer Wayne Scott wept as he appeared in court charged with rape and other sexual offences. He entered no pleas to the five charges he faced, which include rape, attempted rape and “non-consensual sexual touching”. The prosecution said these five offences related to two complainants.

Baltimore police officer charged with pimping wife

A31-year-old Baltimore Police officer was charged Friday with pimping out his wife after officers from a human trafficking task force found him outside a hotel room where the woman had agreed to have sex for cash with an undercover officer.

The child recovery task force was working a proactive investigation into human trafficking when they came across a "young-looking female" advertised as an escort on a website, police said. Officers arranged to meet the female at a hotel near BWI airport, court records show.

Inside the hotel room, a woman identified by police as Marissa Braun-Manneh told an undercover officer that she would have sex for $100, and she was placed under arrest, charging documents show.She said that her husband, Lamin Manneh, was waiting outside in a car, and that she gives him her money and he drives her from "date-to-date," according to court records. She also said that he posts the online ads using his credit card. Police said Manneh acknowledged his role in an interview with detectives, records show.

Elena Russo, a state police spokeswoman, said both husband and wife were charged because they appeared to be "working as a team."

Manneh, of the 2400 block of Marbourne Ave. in Baltimore, is an officer assigned to the Baltimore Police Department's Eastern District. State police said he was suspended without pay and that the city police internal affairs would investigate.

"This allegation is a disgrace and embarrassment to every member -- both current and retired -- who serve with the Baltimore Police Department," Baltimore's Deputy Police Commissioner Jerry Rodriguez said in a statement. "We expect every member of this department to hold themselves to the highest professional standards. Our colleagues and our community deserve nothing less."

Manneh was charged in Anne Arundel County District Court with one count each of human trafficking and prostitution, and was released on his own recognizance by a District Court commissioner, records show. Braun was charged with one count of prostitution and also released on her own recognizance.

Fired Aynor S.C. cop charged after asking woman to lift shirt to dismiss ticket

A former Aynor police officer was arrested Thursday after he allegedly offered to dismiss a woman's traffic ticket if she lifted her shirt.
The officer pulled over the woman in Horry County, according to the arrest warrant.
He "did offer to dismiss a traffic citation if the offender would pull up her shirt for him," the warrant stated.
Investigators did not provide any details on the traffic violation committed by the woman.
Mr. Jordan was booked into J. Reuben Long Detention Center at 7:46 a.m. Thursday and released at 10:28 a.m. on $5,000 bail, according to jail records.
Aynor Police Chief Mr. David Thompson issued a statement that department officials received a complaint regarding Mr. Jordan on May 2 and within an hour afterward he was placed on administrative leave with pay pending an internal investigation, according to a media report.
The next day the police department contacted SLED officials and turned the investigation over to them, SLED’s spokesman Mr. Thom Berry said.
On Wednesday, Mr. Jordan was reportedly fired from the police department for a departmental policy violation.
If convicted, Mr. Jordan faces up to one year in prison and up to $1,000 in fine for the misdemeanor charge.

Women accuse cop of date rape

Man resigns from state police amid allegations

EL PASO, TEXAS (KRQE) - A former New Mexico State Police officer is under investigation for allegedly drugging and raping two women, according to News 13 sources.

Joe Ballesteros, 44, resigned from state police just last month and has not been charged with any crime.

But sources familiar with the investigation, who requested anonymity, told News 13 that two women have come forward in the last year claiming to have met Ballesteros at bars in El Paso, Texas, and agreed to go home with him to his house in Santa Teresa, NM. However, that is the last thing the women said they remembered before waking up later at Ballesteros’ home, the sources said.

The women told police they suspected they were given some kind of date-rape drug, then sexually assaulted and possibly raped, the sources said.

The women filed police reports with the El Paso Police Department, which refused to comment on the case. The City of El Paso also refused to release the police reports, saying that one of the incidents – which occurred March 30 at Ballesteros’ home in Santa Teresa – remains under investigation by El Paso police.

The city made no mention of the incident that allegedly occurred a year ago, according to letters sent to News 13.

Ballesteros worked for New Mexico State Police for a little more than a decade in Santa Fe, Farmington, Deming and Las Cruces. Investigators don’t know if there are other victims in those areas, according to sources familiar with the investigation.

However, when New Mexico State Police found out about the allegations against Ballesteros, the agency began the process to fire him. Ballesteros resigned before that process was completed. He did not give a reason for his resignation and state police declined to comment.

News 13 tracked down Ballesteros at his home in Santa Teresa and asked him if he would talk about the allegations against him.

“I have no idea about anything,” he said, after answering the door wearing a T-shirt advertising an El Paso bar.

Asked why he resigned from state police, he said, “I have no idea. I’d rather not talk to you,” and shut the door.

worst of the month

The worst case is from Bolivia, North Carolina. According to the complaint filed by a minor’s guardian ad litem, a police officer, Jaymin Lenwood Murphy, came to a home to investigate allegations that an adult had sent inappropriate photos via cell phone to a minor child. The officer said he needed to question the minor in private. Once in private, the officer had the minor remove her clothing so he could take photos for his ‘investigative file.’ It gets worse. The officer later returned on minor’s fourteenth birthday and raped her.

The runner-up story comes from Bakersfield, California. A 21-year-old woman called the police to report a burglary. Two deputies arrived and one led her into a room where she was then sexually assaulted under the pretense of a ‘pat-down’ search by the deputy. The authorities did move promptly against this deputy–so good for them.

Rape

Memphis, Tennessee A police officer has been indicted on three counts of rape and two counts of official misconduct. “Any officer who feels they can act outside the realm of laws is sadly mistaken,” said the police director. “The MPD will not tolerate this type of behavior from any person, especially those who have sworn to uphold the law.” ow.ly/kKibB

Providence cop convicted of rape to appeal sentence

A Providence Police officer convicted of rape in 2010 will appeal his sentence before the Rhode Island Supreme Court Tuesday.
Marcus Huffman, 40, was convicted in 2010 of raping a woman he picked up outside a Providence Club while on duty. A Judge sentenced Huffman to 40-years in prison for his actions.
Huffman picked up the woman who was intoxicated and physically helpless and offered her a ride home. Instead he brought her to a police substation and raped her on the bathroom floor.
When the woman left she went to her aunt's house to call the police to report the incident. Huffman was one of the responding officers.
In court he issued a tearful apology to the woman her family and the Providence Police Department.
Huffman's attorney said the act was not rape but instead consensual sex but the woman took the stand during the trial saying she is a lesbian and not physically attracted to men.
Huffman joined the force in 1994.

A police officer has been charged with rape

Cambridge, Maryland: A police officer has been charged with rape in an off-duty incident. He was indicted on second-degree rape, false imprisonment, and other sex offenses. ow.ly/kG1Xa

Officer Accused of Rape May Have Used Police Database to Find Woman

(Memphis) A Memphis Police officer is out of jail on bond after being indicted on rape and official misconduct charges.

30-year-old Aaron Reinsburg allegedly met a woman on Beale, then met up with her again later that night and raped her.

But it’s how the officer may have tracked the woman down that has people concerned.

Police officers take an oath to protect the community and to uphold the law. They have resources to do that, but when those tools play a part in a crime, it concerns a lot people.

“There are certain standards that police officers must keep,” said Sacia who is concerned about the allegations.

Reinsburg, a Memphis Police officer, allegedly used law enforcement databases to find a woman and then rape her.

“You are a public servant, here to protect the people and to use what you have to do something like that is just wrong,” Sacia said.

In January, Reinsburg met a woman on Beale St. while he was working. An indictment says the two exchanged numbers. The district attorney says he found the woman’s address using police resources on his cell phone and went to her house. That’s where a roommate let the officer in. The woman claims she woke to find Reinsburg raping her.

“If this truly did happen, justice has to be served for this woman,” said Sacia. “Rape is a really, really, really, ugly situation no matter who is involved.”

This isn’t the first time an officer has used police resources for personal gain. Last October, Darrell Malone was accused of using a dispatch operator to get the phone number of a driver who called the police on HIM while he was driving his motorcycle erratically while off-duty.

Sacia says it’s this kind of conduct that shakes people’s trust in police, “This is what makes people step back and go, ‘is this really why they’re here’.”

No one answered the door at Reinsburg’s Bartlett home on Saturday. He is out of jail on bond and suspended from the police dept. with pay while under investigation.

Memphis police officer indicted for rape

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Memphis police officer has been indicted on charges of rape and misconduct.A statement from the Office of the District Attorney General says 30-year-old Aaron Reinsberg was indicted Friday on three counts of rape and two counts of official misconduct.Police Director Toney Armstrong said in a statement that Reinsberg turned himself in, and has been released on bond.Armstrong said Reinsberg has been on the force since January 2011 and was assigned to the entertainment district. He has been suspended with pay.It wasn't immediately clear whether Reinsberg has an attorney.

Cambridge officer charged with rape in off-duty incident

CAMBRIDGE, Md. — A 24-year-old Cambridge police officer has been charged with rape in an off-duty incident. A Dorchester County grand jury indicted Officer Carlton Brittingham Jr. of Rhodesdale last week on charges of second-degree rape, false imprisonment and other sex offenses related to an incident in the county in September. Wicomico County prosecutors are leading the investigation to avoid a conflict of interest.

Cambridge Police Chief Ken Malik says Brittingham, who has been with the department since 2009, was suspended without pay after the indictment.
Brittingham posted bail and was released. A trial date has not been set.
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sentenced to two years in jail for using his badge to extort sexual

Lowell, Massachusetts: An officer has been sentenced to two years in jail for using his badge to extort sexual favors from prostitutes. He admitted he had sex with prostitutes about 20 times while on duty in his cruiser and numerous other times in his personal car. ow.ly/kC07m