Milwaukee officer charged with sexual assault

A Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Department officer sentenced to 40 years in prison for child porn photos is now charged with 12 counts of sexual assault of a child.

Philip Wentzel, an inmate at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terra Haute, Ind., is accused of performing sexual acts with the young victims he was filming in May 2010 at a campsite in Fond du Lac County, according to a criminal complaint.

Wentzel has been in custody at the Fond du Lac County Jail since June, awaiting a plea and sentencing hearing, said Fond du Lac County Circuit Court Judge Gary Sharpe. Wentzel appeared in court Thursday with public defender Laurel Munger.

The sexual assault charges, filed in February, state that videos obtained from Wentzel show him performing sexual acts on girls ages 7, 14 and 15, and that the children appear drugged, according to the complaint.

Wentzel was sentenced in December 2012 after pleading guilty in federal court to seven counts of producing child pornography.

Judge orders Las Vegas officer to turn himself in to jail

Solomon Coleman a Las Vegas police officer charged with sexually intimidating and harassing women he met on duty was ordered to report to jail by a judge Thursday.

Justice of the Peace William Kephart ordered Coleman to turn himself into the Clark County jail by 9 a.m. Friday and set bail at $16,000 for the five-year veteran of the Metropolitan Police Department.

Coleman was charged with oppression under color of law, gross lewdness and taking pictures of a person’s private area. One count of oppression under color of law is a felony case. Prosecutors charged Coleman for encounters with two women, but police identified at least five women the officer met while wearing his badge.

Police said he developed a pattern of starting “relationships” with women he met at crime scenes and on routine calls, using his authority as an officer to gain their trust.

Coleman’s misdeeds were uncovered in June after the first woman complained about his behavior.

Former Edmonds cop convicted of sex crime

EVERETT, Wash. Cop Daniel Lavely was convicted of having sex with a woman while on duty and faces up to a year in jail when he is sentenced Sept. 23 in Snohomish County Superior Court. Prosecutors said he took advantage of a homeless drug addict he believed was a prostitute. The 30-year-old woman testified she agreed to have sex but was afraid. The Daily Herald reports she has a criminal history and is currently in prison. Lavely testified and denied having sex with the woman, but said she propositioned him while she was in his patrol car.

Eugene cop convicted of sexual harassment

EUGENE — A Eugene police pleaded guilty Wednesday to sexual harassment and also admitted there was evidence to convict him of misdemeanor sexual abuse.  Stefan Zeltvay was sentenced in Lane County Circuit Court to four-and-a-half months in custody, which he will serve at home with electronic monitoring. The Register-Guard reports the 44-year-old harassed female co-workers and other adults.

cop sent to prison for Maryland crimes

Ricky Bostic, 44, of the Petaluma Police Department was involved in the death of a suspect who was shocked with a Taser in 2005 while fighting with deputies. Sonoma County court records show Bostic was convicted of drunken driving on April 14, 2009. He was sentenced to three years probation.After leaving Sonoma County, Bostic moved to Maryland. In 2012, he was charged in connection with two sexual assaults, several burglaries and trespassing in Baltimore County. Baltimore County police linked Bostic to the crimes with fingerprints, DNA and a cellphone camera with pictures of one of the victims taken before she awoke. On Wednesday, Bostic was convicted of breaking into a residence on May 24, 2012, and sexually assaulting two women in separate rooms of the home. Police tied Bostic to six other burglaries and another sexual assault over a 56-day period that summer.He was arrested after he attempted to open a sliding glass door at an apartment complex, causing a woman asleep on the couch inside to wake up and call for her boyfriend.

Aug. 5 trial for cop in two rapes

A jury trial for Garden Grove police officer accused of raping two women has been scheduled for Monday, Aug. 5. The trial will begin at 9 a.m. in Central Justice Center, Santa Ana for Jesse Andrew Green, currently on non-paid administrative leave from the GGPD. According to the Orange County District Attorney’s office, Green faces charges not only of rape, but also of witness intimidation and threats. It’s alleged that Green, who joined the GGPD in 2006, went to the Santa Ana home of a woman he had been dating and on April 26, 2006 sodomized her while she screamed and struggled to get away. Prosecutors say that Green “made derogatory and intimidating statements to frighten the victim.” Then, on Nov. 6, 2009 Green allegedly took a woman to his Huntington Beach apartment on their first date and violently sodomized her, and made threats.

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Veteran Muscatine Officer Charged With Sexual Assault

A Muscatine police officer has been charged with sexual assault after an investigation into an incident that occurred while on duty. According to the Iowa Department of Public Safety, 46-year-old Thomas Tovar was arrested Thursday, July 25, 2013 on a charge of 3rd degree sexual assault.

In a news release, the department says in February, 2013, Tovar assisted with an OWI vehicle stop involving a woman. Tovar then drove the woman to her hotel room. The next morning, a complaint was filed with police after a friend found the woman lying on the bed with no clothes on and authorities began to investigate. The woman said she was so intoxicated, she remembers the OWI stop, but has little recollection of how she got back to the hotel. She did recall a male being on top of her while lying on the bed in the hotel room.

Todays sexual assault charges against your police: Officer Suspended Over Female Inmate Encounter

Todays sexual assault charges against your police: Officer Suspended Over Female Inmate Encounter: CLEVELAND– Ken Kirk, a city cop has been suspended over his actions with a female inmate. Kirk received a 30-day unpaid suspension; that...

Officer Suspended Over Female Inmate Encounter

CLEVELAND– Ken Kirk, a city cop has been suspended over his actions with a female inmate. Kirk received a 30-day unpaid suspension; that’s the maximum Director of Public Safety, Martin Flask, can hand out. Kirk was found to violate police department policies when he entered a female inmate’s hospital room back in January.He was accused of having an inappropriate conversation with the inmate. “That conversation clearly, by his own, was sexual in nature. It should not have happened; but it did happen and when you engage in that kind of conduct there are consequences,” Flask said.The woman also said Kirk took pictures of her. Officials say those pictures were evidentiary in nature.

Cop suspended after requesting 'oral sex'

A Rio Grande cop named Alejandro Gutierrez is arrested after a woman came forward alleging he demanded oral sex. Gutierrez, Jr. was arrested on Monday morning. He is being charged with sexual assault, official oppression, and civil rights violation of person in custody.Early Sunday morning Gutierrez pulled the woman over for a traffic stop and discovered she had a warrant for a misdemeanor charge.Chief Piper said the woman then followed Gutierrez in her own car to the police station. While there, a family member came to pick up the woman’s car while her information was being processed. Gutierrez offered the woman a ride home. That’s when the woman said the officer demanded oral sex.

R.I. SUPREME COURT UPHOLDSCOP’S RAPE CONVICTION

PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island Supreme Court has upheld the first-degree sexual assault conviction of Marcus Huffman, a Providence cop found guilty of raping a 19-year-old woman while on duty.  The total sentence imposed by Superior Court Judge Netti C. Vogel is 60 years, with 20 years of that suspended. At his Superior Court trial, the prosecution said that Huffman encountered the woman, who had been drinking heavily and had smoked marijuana, according to the court ruling, outside a Providence nightclub. The authorities alleged Huffman persuaded her to get into his police car, took her to a police substation and raped her in a bathroom. Huffman was later one of threecops initially investigating the matter after the woman reported what happened.

NOPD fires cop who was not reviewing rape cases when he said he was

The New Orleans Police Department fired cop Sgt. John Hunter who admitted to doing personal activities during hours that he was billing overtime to review rape cases, according to his attorney.  NOPD internal affairs investigators secretly followed Hunter while he was supposed to be working overtime, and found that he was doing personal activities and not actually working, Hessler said. Hessler said his client just billed for a block of hours, instead of breaking it down into separate hours when he actually worked. 

Milwaukee Cop Sentenced to Prison For Pulling Drivers Over & Searching Their "Anal & Scrotal Areas"

 

A Milwaukee cop  Michael Vagnini has been sentenced to  2 years and two months prison for pulling men over for minor traffic violations and allegedly "conduct[ing] searches of [their] anal and scrotal areas, often inserting his fingers into their rectums."

Vagnini regularly pulled over drivers on a pretense of not wearing a seatbelt or of having darkly tinted windows and searched them without a legal reason, according to prosecutors.

Vagnini conducted searches of men's anal and scrotal areas, often inserting his fingers into their rectums, according to the criminal complaint. Vagnini acknowledged performing one of the searches, and at least one suspect said Vagnini planted drugs on him.

State law and police procedures prohibit officers from conducting body cavity searches. Only medical personnel are allowed to perform them, and police must first obtain a search warrant.

Rape trial of Garden Grov cop underway

A jury trial starts today in the case of a Garden Grove Calf.  cop Jesse Andrew Green, who faces charges not only of rape, but also of witness intimidation and threats.

It’s alleged that Green, who has been part of the GGPD since 2006, went to the Santa Ana home of a woman he had been dating and on April 26, 2006 sodomized her while she screamed and struggled to get away. Prosecutors say that Green “made derogatory and intimidating statements to frighten the victim.” Then, on Nov. 6, 2009 Green allegedly took a woman to his Huntington Beach apartment on their first date and violently sodomized her, and made threats. The victims were slow to report the attacks because they worried that Green would be able to use his position as a police officer to retaliate against them, according to the D.A.

Santa Ana and Huntington Beach investigated the incidents, and Green was arrested on Oct. 3, 2010.

Dallas cop charged with sexual assault turns himself in

DALLAS -- Dallas cop Edward Antunez, charged with one count of sexual assault, turned himself in to the Mesquite Police Department . According to a statement from the Dallas Police Department, the arrest stems from an incident that occurred in Mesquite on March 13 

Suspended Cranford NJ Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Harassment

A 12-year veteran Cranford cop named Brian Thomas pleaded guilty to harassing a woman while he was on duty two years ago, officials said. Thomas was suspended following the June 22, 2011 incident when he was charged with fourth-degree criminal sexual contact and second-degree official misconduct

Cop charged with forcing fugitives to perform sexual acts

 A Memphis cop named Brandon Berry is accused of forcing men to perform sexual acts in exchange for not arresting them on warrants. Police say one alleged incident involved a man Berry pulled over in the area of Lamar Avenue and Semmes Street. The victim had an outstanding warrant and claims he was forced to perform a sex act on Berry in order to avoid a trip to jail.

Central Floridacop suspended after he asks woman to shake out her bra

LAKELAND, Fla. -A Central cop Dustin Fetz allegedly instructed Zoe Brugger to lift her shirt and shake out her bra to see if she was hiding any drugs. No drugs were found on her or inside the car. State attorney, Jerry Hill has called for an internal investigation and says there was no reason to even suspect that Brugger was carrying drugs.

Michael Vagnini, former Milwaukee cop, gets over 2 years in jail for illegal strip searches

June 22, 2013 (MILWAUKEE) – A Milwaukeecop named Michael Vagnini was convicted of performing illegal strip searches and body-cavity searches on dozens of suspects has been sentenced to more than two years in prison. Three other cops were charged with Vagnini. They were also suspended with pay pending trials later this year.

Las Vegas Metro cop Peter Connell is facing five counts of soliciting a prostitute

Las Vegas Metro cop Peter Connell is facing five counts of soliciting a prostitute

Las Vegas Metro cop Peter Connell is facing five counts of soliciting a prostitute while he was investigating crimes of prostitution. Connell had previously been fired from Metro but was reinstated a few years ago after arbitration.

Maywood Cop Sentenced for Sexually Assaulting Women

Maywood California cop Ryan Allen West was sentenced Tuesday to 19 years in state prison for sexually assaulting five women while on duty. West pleaded no contest May 15 to two counts of forcible rape and four counts of sexual penetration with a foreign object.

Stephen Olenchak, a Davie Florida cop convicted of sexual battery

Stephen Olenchak, a Davie Florida cop convicted of sexual battery and sentenced to 10 years in prison, will not be released pending his appeal, a judge ruled this week Judge Jeffrey Levenson said Olenchak is a "significant flight risk". A Broward County jury convicted Olenchak in April on charges he molested a 19-year-old family member four years ago while his wife and 4-year-old son slept in the same bed.

Jermaine Lacour, a New Orleans cop

Jermaine Lacour, a New Orleans cop sentenced to prison last year for illegally firing his gun during a domestic dispute, was out on bond awaiting his appeal when he was booked this week on a count of raping a woman in her home.

Prince George’s cop Christopher Adams is charged with taking sexually

Prince George’s cop Christopher Adams is charged with taking sexually explicit photos

of a woman without her consent, a sex crime under Maryland law.  If convicted he

 could face jail time and be listed on the state’s sex-offender registry. Adams faces three counts of visual surveillance with prurient intent, and each carries a maximum possible penalty of one year in jail and a $2,500 fine. 

A federal appeals court says the Grand Junction Colorado police department

A federal appeals court says the Grand Junction Colorado police department and cop Glenn Coyne, could have done a better job of dealing with a cop accused of raping a woman, but it is affirming a ruling that she hasn't shown that the officer's supervisors should be held liable for the alleged attack. Coyne responded to the woman’s  911 call in 2009 about an altercation, then  heraped her during a visit the next night. Coyne committed suicide days later. He had been accused of sexual assault before.

A Maywood cop named Ryan Allen West was sentenced to 19 years

A Maywood cop named Ryan Allen West was sentenced to 19 years in state prison after pleading no contest to sexually assaulting five women while on duty over a two-year period starting in 2006. He pleaded no contest to five felonies including two counts of rape and three counts of penetration of a foreign object. The victims were 20 to 50 years old. At one point, West faced a total of 42 counts but under the plea deal accepted by Superior Court Judge George Lomeli, 37 of them were dismissed. West admitted to sexually assaulting the five women.

Brian Thomas, a suspended Cranford cop,

 Brian Thomas, a suspended Cranford cop, agreed to forfeit his job and was placed on two years probation after admitting in court that he harassed a woman while he was on duty. Thomas was also placed on two years probation after he admitted having inappropriate communications with a woman. Thomas was originally charged with fourth-degree criminal sexual contact and second-degree official misconduct for a June 22, 2011 incident while he was on duty and in uniform.

Philadelphia authorities have arrested a man for allegedly intimidating a victim in the rape

Philadelphia authorities have arrested a man for allegedly intimidating a victim in the rape case against Philadelphia former police officer Richard DeCoatsworth. Manuel Maldonado pulled a gun on one of the women who was allegedly assaulted by DeCoatsworth, telling her not to testify. DeCoatsworth is accused of raping two women on May 18, 2013. 

Cambridge cop Carlton Brittingham Jr. has been indicted by a grand jury and faces a list of rape and sex offense charges for an incident in September.

CAMBRIDGE, Md Cambridge cop Carlton Brittingham Jr. has been indicted by a grand jury and faces a list of rape and sex offense charges for an incident in September.

"The attempted second -degree rape is the top count of 20 years. He is charged with the actual second-degree rape, and attempted second-degree rape and then he is charged with a myriad of sex offense charges: second-degree assault, false imprisonment, sodomy and attempted sodomy," said Wicomico County Assistant State's Attorney Kristen Schultz.