Nev.
Officer Under House Arrest for Sexual Misconduct
A Las Vegas Metro Police officer was placed under house
arrest Thursday and faces multiple charges alleging he sexually intimidated and
harassed women he met on duty.
Officer Solomon Coleman, 28, appeared in court Thursday. He
was charged with oppression under color of law, gross lewdness, and taking
pictures of a person's private area, reports the Review-Journal. Police have identified at least five woman the officer met
while wearing his badge. Bail was set at $16,000.
Lauderhill
police officers Thomas Merenda and Franklin Hartley turned themselves in
Prosecutors are hitting a Lauderhill cop where it hurts,
charging him with a felony for getting a female drunken driver to punch him in
the genitals, according to the Broward State Attorney's Office. A second officer
in the case is being accused of having sex with the passenger of the same car,
all the while threatening to arrest her as well.
Officers Thomas Merenda and Franklin Hartley turned
themselves in Thursday night. Both are charged with unlawful compensation, a
felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison, and battery, a misdemeanor
punishable by up to 60 days, stemming from a May 24, 2012, encounter with the
two women, who had been drinking at the Vegas Cabaret strip club on University
Drive.