Country Club Hills officer convicted after giving woman choice: sex with him or DWI arrest

The Country Club Hills police officer accused of telling a woman motorist she could either have sex with him or be arrested for drunken driving has been convicted of corruption.

Timothy H. Jones, 50, of Troy, Mo., was found guilty Friday in St. Louis County Circuit Court of a felony — acceding to corruption by a public servant.

Prosecutors will be asking for a four-year prison sentence.

According to court documents, Jones pulled over a 24-year-old woman on Nov. 10, 2010, on suspicion of drunken driving on Interstate 70 near Lucas and Hunt Road. He had her perform a field-sobriety test, then told her she could either be arrested or have sex with him, authorities say. He then drove her in his patrol car to her home, where they engaged in “several sexual acts,” court documents say.

The woman apparently left her cellphone in Jones’ patrol car. When police began researching to whom it belonged, they reached the woman’s mother, who made accusations about what had happened. St. Louis County police launched an investigation. Jones stayed on the force during the inquiry.