Fairfax County Cop Convicted of Forcibly Sodomizing Ex-Girlfriend

Fairfax County Cop Convicted of Forcibly Sodomizing Ex-Girlfriend
As we've been saying for years, the Fairfax County Police are out of control

Saturday, April 27, 2013

Woman accusing officer of sex assault says OPD put her under surveillance




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





Thursday, April 25, 2013

Pennsylvania Police Detective Ronald DePellegrin Gets Oral Sex from Prostitute Before Arresting Her




A cop from the Homestead Police Department in Pennsylvania decided to make the most out of his sting operation by getting oral sex from a prostitute before arresting her.
Detective Ronald DePellegrin apparently was perusing the internet one night when he came across an online sex ad placed by Diana Gross In the advertisement, Gross, 26, goes by her performance stage name: Beckie Dymon.
According to police, DePellegrin got permission from his supervisor to conduct the sting operation and then arranged for a quick $145 half-hour session with Gross.
At the scene, Gross “removed her shirt, exposing her breasts,” and fondled them, according to the police report. The detective was so taken by Beckie Dymon, apparently, that allowed her to perform oral sex on him before saying, “Oh sh*t, the cops are coming.” The “cops” being himself, of course.
A police union spokesman then defended the act, claiming “[Police officers] sometimes have to do what they have to do to effectuate an arrest.”
Gross then allegedly attempted to run away, completely naked, but was detained, arrested, and charged for prostitution. Since her arrest, she has hired a lawyer -- perhaps to get her $145 -- and is planning to pursue a civil rights lawsuit. 

Sacramento police officer accused of rape has court hearing



SACRAMENTO, CA - A former Sacramento police officer accused of raping a now 78-year-old woman was back in court Wednesday.
Gary Baker, 41, is facing 12 felony counts, including rape and sexual battery, on a woman who suffered from a stroke in 2009.
The stroke affected the woman's speech and she was diagnosed with aphasia, a disorder that speech, reading and writing.
The victim took the stand earlier this month, but Sacramento Superior Court Judge Cheryl Chun Meegan said her testimony was difficult to understand due to her medical condition.
Wednesday, Baker's attorney Linda Parisi and Deputy District Attorney Amy Holliday agreed to work together to appoint an expert neurologist or speech pathologist to assist the victim.
"I think the question for the expert at this point is to answer those competency questions - whether or not the witness can understand and has the cognitive skills to understand the questions - whether they can answer those, whether or not they can communicate intelligently, and then whether or not they can appreciate the obligation to tell the truth," Parisi said.
According to the criminal complaint, Baker allegedly raped the woman on two different occasions and attempted to sexually assault her a third time. The alleged crimes were committed from November 2010 to December 2012.
Baker is free on $1 million bail.. His next court appearance was set for May 31 at 10:30 a.m.

Suspicion of oral copulation by a


Imperial County, California: Sheriff’s deputy was arrested today on suspicion of oral copulation by a public official against the victim’s will. ow.ly/klbfT

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

The assistant police chief allegedly harassed a woman with hundreds of text



Lake City, Iowa: The assistant police chief allegedly harassed a woman with hundreds of text messages, sent photos with offensive comments about her, and, when he was caught, bribed someone else to take the blame. He has been fired. http://ow.ly/kjhig

A police officer has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for second-degree kidnapping and sexual battery


Update: Delcambre, Louisiana (First reported 12-12-12): A  police officer has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for second-degree kidnapping and sexual battery. He committed the crimes, while on duty, after pulling over a woman during a traffic stop. http://ow.ly/kixYN

Monday, April 22, 2013

officer to sexually assault a woman



Tuscaloosa, Alabama: A former police sergeant pleaded guilty to a criminal civil rights charge for using his authority as a law enforcement officer to sexually assault a woman. “This former officer did the unimaginable when he used his police powers to sexually assault this victim,” said the Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department. ow.ly/kcOvl

Trial for former MPD officer accused of rape starts today



MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -
The trial for a former Memphis police officer accused of raping a woman while on duty begins today.
John Smith was arrested in April of 2010 and later resigned from the force.
He was charged with oppression after a woman told investigators Smith forced her to perform a sex act behind a building near South Third and Brooks.  Investigators say it happened in 2009.  Smith told investigators the sex was consensual.
If he's convicted he could spend 12 years in prison.


Trial set for Davie cop accused of drugging, raping family member



Trial No. 2 for a Davie officer accused of raping a family member is set for Monday — more than four years after he was arrested and charged with the crime.
Stephen Olenchak, 38, was arrested in March 2009 on charges he drugged and sexually assaulted a family member, then 19, while his wife and 4-year-old son slept next to them in the same bed.
Defense attorney Jim Lewis says he plans to call a psychiatrist to the stand to testify that Olenchak's accuser was likely in a "dream state" and imagined the incident.
The trial, in front of Broward Circuit Judge Jeffrey Levenson, is expected to last a week.
It will be Olenchak's second trial.
The first ended in a mistrial two years ago after it was discovered a juror had brought research materials into the jury room.
During the first trial, Olenchak took the stand and claimed the alleged victim had seduced him.
The woman, now 23, is not being named by the Sun Sentinel because of the nature of the charge.
Olenchak is still an officer with the Davie Police Department, but has been suspended without pay pending the outcome of the trial.
In January 2012, prosecutors upgraded the charge to sexual battery on a helpless victim after Olenchak rejected a plea deal that would have sent him to prison for three years.
If convicted of the first-degree felony, Olenchak could face up to 30 years in prison.
Olenchak and his wife separated soon after the incident, but have not yet divorced.
In the first trial, Olenchak's wife and accuser testified that he drugged them the evening of March 22, 2009.
Olenchak gave his wife a Crystal Light drink and she soon fell asleep. He brought the alleged victim a glass of milk.
Soon, she felt "out of it," as if in a trance, she said.
She told police that she felt Olenchak behind her, touching her underwear. Unable to scream or move, she told police "it was like I was dreaming and in a daze."
At some point, Olenchak's wife got up and went to the bathroom but seemed to be in a "zombie" state, according to the alleged victim.
Olenchak was arrested four days later after the woman told his wife about the incident.
That evening, Davie police recorded a cellphone conversation between Olenchak and his accuser. During the tearful exchange, Olenchak apologized, records show.
"Oh my God, I can't believe it," he told the alleged victim. "I'm so sorry."
He begged her not to tell anyone.
"Don't tell. You don't tell anybody," he said. "Nobody has to know."

A Miami-Dade police officer who stopped women drivers so he could have sexually suggestive conversations




A Miami-Dade police officer who stopped women drivers so he could have sexually suggestive conversations — including asking to see the scars on a bartender’s surgically enhanced breasts — was sentenced Thursday to 2-1/2 years in federal prison.
Prabhainjana Dwivedi would let the women go without issuing any citations.
Dwivedi, a seven-year veteran who once worked the overnight shift patrolling an area from Key Biscayne to Jackson Memorial Hospital, was assigned to desk duty after he came under suspicion for questionable traffic stops during May and June of 2011.
In February of this year, Dwivedi, 34, was convicted of six misdemeanor counts of depriving a half-dozen victims of their civil rights. Now fired, he was found not guilty on the seventh count involving a female undercover police officer.
“Our victims were so traumatized that one of them could not come to court [as a witness] because she was physically ill,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Karen Gilbert said, before asking U.S. District Judge Jose Martinez to imprison the defendant for three years.
“He abused these women; he took advantage of them.”
Dwivedi’s defense attorney, Douglas Hartman, tried to depict the defendant in a more sympathetic light, saying psychological evaluations showed that the Indian immigrant possessed the reading level of a fourth-grader. Dwivedi, who received a high school diploma a decade ago, also served in the U.S. Coast Guard.
Hartman said his misconduct as a police officer was “aberrant,” and that generally over the course of his career Dwivedi had an “outstanding” record.
The judge said he felt “sorry” for Dwivedi, wondering aloud how he could have qualified to become a Miami-Dade police officer with his limited intellectual ability. “That’s real scary,” Martinez said.
But the judge concluded that he would stack the penalties for Dwivedi’s six misdemeanor offenses because his crime “tears at the very fiber... of our community.”
Both FBI and Miami-Dade Police officials said Dwivedi undermined the public’s trust in law enforcement. “The officer’s actions have tarnished the badges of all sworn to uphold the law,” Police Director J.D. Patterson said in a statement. “We support this conviction and remain resolute in policing our own.”
According to a criminal complaint and other court records, Dwivedi was a rogue patrol officer who detained female drivers for “unreasonable” lengths of time “without probable cause, reasonable suspicion or other lawful authority to conduct a stop.”
Dwivedi stopped a 19-year-old woman at 2:20 a.m. on May 27, 2011, as she was leaving a Miami-Dade nightclub with two friends. The woman, identified in court records as A.R., said the officer stopped her because she did not turn on her headlights. Dwivedi also claimed she was intoxicated, which she disputed.
Dwivedi asked the driver to get out of her car and sit in the back seat of his marked cruiser, then “instructed A.R. to lower the zipper on the front of her dress down past her breasts to her mid-stomach,” the complaint said. “A.R. stated that, by following Dwivedi’s instructions, she somewhat exposed her breasts.”
She was detained for one hour and 20 minutes before the officer left without issuing a citation. According to Miami-Dade police, Dwivedi did not list the traffic stop on his daily activity report, nor did he advise a dispatcher of the stop. He also did not conduct a driver’s license check of A.R. or her two passengers.
The criminal complaint also showed that on the same date, at 5:30 a.m., Dwivedi stopped a 24-year-old woman bartender traveling from Miami Beach to her home in Broward County. He pulled her over in the area of the Golden Glades interchange, where he accused her of driving under the influence.
The woman, identified as M.F., asked the officer to perform a roadside sobriety test on her, but he refused, the complaint says.
Dwivedi asked her if she was the mother of a young child because she had a child safety seat in the rear passenger area. He told the woman that if he arrested her for DUI, she would lose custody of her child.
Then, he shifted the conversation to the woman’s breast-enhancement surgery, asking her “if she had any photographs of her breasts.”
“M.F. provided Dwivedi with her cellular telephone so that he could view the photographs,” the complaint said. “After viewing the photos, Dwivedi asked M.F. if she had any scars or incisions from the surgery.”
She replied that she did, and he asked to see them.
“M.F. then lifted her shirt and showed Dwivedi the scar,” according to the complaint written by FBI special agent Susan Funk. “M.F. stated that Dwivedi did not touch her breast.”
Afterward, the officer told her that she appeared sober and could drive home. He also said that he would follow her to ensure she arrived safely.
At her residence, Dwivedi said he was thirsty, asking for a drink. The woman said the officer spent more than one hour at her home talking about his personal life.
As in the previous incident, Dwivedi did not list the stop on his daily activity report or inform a dispatcher of the stop. He did not conduct a check of her driver’s license, either.

Fairfax County, Virginia: A now-former police


Fairfax County, Virginia: A now-former police officer was convicted in court of forcibly sodomizing his ex-girlfriend. He admitted having affairs, but he denies hurting the victim. http://ow.ly/k0o3r

New Orleans cop booked with rape





New Orleans — New Orleans police booked one of their own with forcible rape on Wednesday after police said a 15-year-old girl accused the man of sexually assaulting her.
Desmond Pratt, who has been an cop for 15 years, was arrested at his home, according to Remi Braden, a police spokeswoman. Pratt was placed on emergency suspension without pay after his arrest.
Police released few details on the incident, citing a desire to protect the identity of the victim.
Pratt was given a $50,000 bond on Thursday but posted it by the early afternoon. Pratt will be monitored by the court after his release. At the time of his arrest, Pratt was working in the department’s Sixth District.
Pratt previously worked as a homicide detective and in the department’s Community Public Housing Force, according to police. He helped investigate several slayings related to the high-profile investigation around notorious narcotics figure Telly Hankton.
In 2006 Pratt’s wife, Jonie, accused three white cops of beating her during a traffic stop and later filed a federal lawsuit. A witness reported that Jonie Pratt was dragged from her car by her hair and beaten after she was accused of running a stop sign and then resisting arrest. Police investigated the incident, and the lawsuit was later settled.
One of the cops involved in the incident with Pratt’s wife was Jason Giroir, who was later involved in the fatal shooting of Justin Sipp in March 2012. Giroir eventually resigned after police learned he published racially inflammatory comments on a local news website following the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin in Florida.

Friday, April 12, 2013

Officer's defense lawyer seeks psychiatric exam of assault victim who had a stroke





The defense lawyer for the former Sacramento police officer accused of raping an elderly woman is asking a judge to order a psychiatric evaluation of the woman.
Sacramento Superior Court Judge Cheryl Chun Meegan on Wednesday scheduled a hearing for today in which the alleged victim will testify, but only for the limited purpose of assessing the competency of the woman – now 78 – who suffered a stroke in 2009 and has since been severely restricted in her ability to speak.
Defense attorney Linda Parisi, who is representing the accused ex-officer, Gary Dale Baker, said in court papers that the alleged victim "has given an incomprehensible version of events, is on medication, may have difficulty perceiving reality and may not be able to communicate effectively."
"It's a question if the witness is competent to testify or not," Parisi said in an interview outside court. "If the witness is not competent, they can't testify."
Deputy District Attorney Amy Holliday is opposing the motion for the forced evaluation. Holliday, who personally interviewed the woman in late February, said in court papers the alleged victim can get around on her own and take care of herself.
"In the past, she has been able to provide information regarding these crimes to police officers, detectives and medical professionals," Holliday wrote. "She also participated in two evidentiary examinations. She also has personal knowledge of the subject and is able to express herself regarding the matter before the court."
Holliday declined to be interviewed about the case.
Baker, 49, who is free on $1 million bail, was arrested Dec. 20 by Sacramento police. He faces one count of rape, three of forced oral sex, one of intent to force oral sex, one of sexual battery and one of assault with intent to commit rape.
Authorities say the charges result from three contacts Baker had with the woman in her residence on Nov. 24, 2010, last Sept. 20 and finally on Dec. 18 – after her family set up a surveillance camera that investigators say recorded Baker that day showing up at her house.
At Baker's third court appearance in January, Holliday obtained a court order for a conditional examination of the woman. Such examinations can be set up to take testimony from witnesses who are ill, who are over 65, who are about to leave the state or whose lives may be in jeopardy.
The alleged victim suffers from "moderately severe receptive and expressive aphasia," as a result of her stroke, according to Holliday's court papers. Aphasia is a brain dysfunction brought on by stroke or other sorts of trauma that restricts the ability to speak, read or write.
It's not clear what impact the absence of the woman's testimony would have on Baker's case. She would, of course, be the most significant trial witness. But Sacramento police say they have a virtual DNA match between Baker's genetic profile and fluids taken from the woman's clothing at the time of the alleged assault in November 2010. Physical examinations taken after two of her purported contacts with Baker showed evidence of injuries resulting from a sexual assault, according to police reports.
The woman's conditional examination had been scheduled for Tuesday, but it was delayed while Judge Meegan sorted through a defense motion to further continue it until after a psychiatric examination of the witness.
On Wednesday, Meegan first denied the motion to continue the examination, then scheduled the hearing for today's testimony. She said the "limited examination" of the alleged victim will be "solely on the purpose … to assist the court in making a determination regarding her competency."
The judge said she probably won't make a determination right away on whether the woman is competent to testify, "unless it is so obvious one way or the other."
If it's not, Meegan said she will allow Parisi and Holliday to submit written briefs that will include material "from the existing medical records" on the woman – already filed under seal – before the judge makes a ruling on whether to order the psychiatric evaluation.
California's Evidence Code says potential witnesses can be disqualified from testifying only if they can't express themselves to the point where they can be understood, or if they can't grasp the concept that it's their duty to tell the truth.
Case law set down by the California Supreme Court gives judges discretion to order psychiatric tests only for the purpose of a witness's competency.
In a key 1980 ruling, the state high court deferred to federal court decisions holding that "the power to condition a witness's testimony on submission to a psychiatric evaluation should be used sparingly."
McGeorge School of Law professor John Myers said he has "not seen more than five" instances out of "tens of thousands" of cases he has reviewed where judges have granted attorneys' requests for psychiatric evaluations to determine a witness's competency.
"It's not for a psychiatrist to judge," Myers said.

Sunday, April 7, 2013

A woman who was sexually attacked by a police officer


Wichita, Kansas: A woman who was sexually attacked by a police officer filed suit, and the city settled for $89,000. The officer pleaded guilty a year ago to sexual battery in the case. The civil suit against the officer alleges that he handcuffed and sexually attacked the woman, whose screams were so loud that he released her, allowing her to run into her home. ow.ly/jL0Ld

Friday, April 5, 2013

Rape and sexual battery and 10 to 1 the cops involved get away with it


Memphis, Tennessee: A rape case has ended in a mistrial and a sheriff’s deputy has been suspended after allegations of jury tampering. He is accused of talking to jurors about the trial during a lunch break. The judge added that she was outraged. http://ow.ly/jFpn7

West Allis, Wisconsin: A police officer has been charged with obstructing an officer after an investigation into whether he had a sexually suggestive conversation with a woman. The officer is currently on paid administrative leave. http://ow.ly/jFsUf


The national issue of mentally unbalanced cops: Chicago cop commits suicide after rape allegation



April 3, 2013 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- A Chicago police officer took his own life while sources say he was under investigation for the rape of a 17-year-old girl.
Chicago police confirm a rape was reported this weekend on the block where the officer lived.
The medical examiner confirms it was a self-inflicted gunshot wound that ended the life of 48-year-old Edgar Neal a 26-year veteran of the force.
A woman says her 17-year-old daughter was at a drinking party with school friends and one of them took her to another man's house.
"She told me my daughter had been raped by a police officer," the woman said.
The teen's family says she was asked to view a lineup to identify her attacker.
Then they learned of the reported suicide of Officer Neal.
The lineup was cancelled Wednesday.
The mother of the 17-year-old alleged victim says her daughter is now dealing with feeling responsible for the death of the man she says raped her.


Monday, April 1, 2013

Cop sentenced in sex abuse case




QUINCY, ILL. -- A  Canton, Missouri police cop will spend nearly the next year in jail for sex crimes against a minor. Jamie Bell, 25, pleaded guilty last August to a charge of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a 16-year-old minor.Tuesday a judge sentenced him to 360 days in the Adams County Jail and 36 months probation for the crime. Bell was arrested February 2012 for the alleged abuse. Bell has been free on bond since March.

Mauldin, South Carolina: A police cop resigned after allegations were made


Mauldin, South Carolina: A police cop resigned after allegations were made that he sent inappropriate text messages to a female student. The case was referred to prosecutors, who will determine if any charges should be filed. ow.ly/jsNFN

SC community service cop charged with assault




NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. A North Charleston Police community service cop has been arrested and accused of assaulting three girls and a young woman who were guests at his home.
Authorities say 20-year-old Salvatore Maniche was arrested last week and remains in the Dorchester County Jail.
Court records show he faces 16 charges, among them criminal sexual conduct, assault and kidnapping. Authorities say the incidents took place over two years.
Sheriff's deputies were notified last week when a Fort Dorchester High School teacher reported bruises on an 18-year-old student. Court documents show three of the other victims were 16.
Maniche is a civilian employee of the police department and has been placed on unpaid leave. It was not immediately clear if he had an attorney.