Fairfax County Police Watch: This WEEKS rape and sexual assault by your local police

MAS Officer Accused Of Rape

Moundsville police officer arrested for sexual assault

Ann Arbor police officer charged with three felonies

Austin police officer suspended over sexual assault investigation

Auburn Police officer suspended for inappropriate text messages

MAS Officer Accused Of Rape

By Alex Flores, Reporter

A long-time City of Memphis employee has been arrested and accused of raping a woman back in December 2014.

Forty-four-year-old Jerry Strong currently works as an animal control officer for Memphis Animal Services. FOX13 News has learned he used to be a Memphis Police Officer, where he was suspended for defrauding multiple city agencies.

According to his arrest affidavit, a woman claims Strong forced his way on top of her and then raped her inside of his car back in December.

According to city personnel records, Strong was police officer from 1994 to 2003 when he resigned. While with the police force, he was suspended and received several written reprimands. One suspension was in 2001 for double dipping and defrauding both the Memphis Police Department and Memphis Housing Authority.

Records show Strong submitted time sheets showing he was working both jobs at the same time. A statement of charges reads, "Your action reflected negatively upon the Memphis Police Department and the law enforcement profession."

Also in his personnel records, he was reprimanded for failing to file a police report after speaking with a shooting victim. Again no charges were ever filed in those instances.

As far as these new rape charges, Strong is due in court Feb. 11. He's still working at MAS, but has been moved to administrative duties.

Moundsville police officer arrested for sexual assault

MARSHALL COUNTY, W.Va. – An officer with the Moundsville Police department has been arrested on charges surroundings an alleged a sexual relationship with a then 15-year-old girl.

Patrolman First Class Benjamin Davis, 26, was arrested Tuesday morning and charged with two counts of 3rd degree sexual assault and two counts of soliciting a minor. He is free on $40,000 bond.

According to reports, Davis met a 15-year-old girl on the social media website Whisper, and then he later allegedly had sex with the girl.

"It creates a black eye for police, but cases like this are few and far between,” said Sgt. Mathew Adams with the West Virginia State Police Department. “Our job is always to help the victims of crimes, and hopefully this will do that."

The victim allegedly went to Davis' house for sex on at least one occasion after meeting him on “Whisper.” Reports indicate her mom found out about the alleged relationship, and she took matters into her own hands, creating a fake account with the picture slogan “Cops Rule."

"She created this account and basically Mr. Davis answered that, and she was posing as a 17-year-old female in the Marshall County area,” Adams said. “They began chatting with each other and planned to meet at some point."

Police say the women then told Davis she was the victim's mother and told him, “your actions will make people trust cops even less." She also threatened him to stay away from her daughter. Police say they eventually obtained naked pictures from Davis’ and the victim's cell phone.

On Tuesday he was officially charged with sexual assault and soliciting a minor.

"It's an extremely difficult case, especially when you're dealing with someone who does the same job as you,” Adams said. “(Moundsville Police) Chief (Thomas) Mitchell has been extremely cooperative."

Davis was on paid suspension, but that may soon change now that charges are official. Davis must be given his due process.

Ann Arbor police officer charged with three felonies

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A former Ann Arbor police officer who resigned over the summer amid allegations that he offered young women leniency in exchange for sex is now being charged with three felonies and one misdemeanor.

Jason Jackson Kitts, 38 of Westland, was arraigned on three counts of misconduct in office and one misdemeanor count of unauthorized access of the Law Enforcement Information Network, according to a release from the Washtenaw County Prosecutor's Office.

"The investigation was the result of citizen complaints," said Deputy Chief Assistant Prosecutor Steve Hiller.

The Ann Arbor News obtained those citizen complaints last month via a Freedom of Information Act request.

On June 12, 2014, a citizen filed a complaint via email about a traffic stop that occurred on Plymouth Road June 2. In the complaint, the woman said Kitts made "(i)nappropriate remarks made during a traffic stop (that) were interpreted to be sexual in nature," though the complaint did not elaborate further.

In another complaint, Kitts allegedly pulled over a young woman on Plymouth Road in Ann Arbor June 16 and hinted that he'd get the ticket dismissed if she had sex with him, according to the complaint.

A second woman was issued a speeding ticket by Kitts and filed a complaint about the way he behaved in the hallway of downtown Ann Arbor's 15th District Court when she came to take care of it.

Kitts allegedly told the woman that he could get the ticket dismissed, but wanted to know "what was in it for him," according to the report.

In her complaint, the woman said Kitts told her, "I want to see how well you can convince me that I should do this."

Michigan State Police investigated the complaints with the full cooperation of the Ann Arbor Police Department, the release says.

"I am saddened by how this has affected the victims, our community and our department," Ann Arbor police Chief John Seto said in a written statement. "It is my hope that our actions following the revelation of his misconduct will allow those affected to begin to place their trust in law enforcement officers again."

Kitts had been with the Ann Arbor Police Department for eight years before resigning. City records show he made $76,861.91 in fiscal year 2013-14.

Misconduct in office is a felony punishable by up to five years in prison and and/or a $10,000 fine.

Unauthorized LEIN access is a misdemeanor punishable by 93 days in jail and/or a $500 fine.

Kitts was given a personal recognizance bond. A preliminary examination is set for Feb. 3.

Austin police officer suspended over sexual assault investigation

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An Austin police officer will be suspended for 16 days next month over how he handled two incidents last year, including a reported sexual assault.

Officer William Henrichs took the lead investigating the possible assault of a 5-year-old girl after her mother called 911 on Sept. 14, according to a disciplinary memo made public Thursday. After interviewing the mother, Henrichs directly questioned the child about the assault, the memo says.

The Austin Police Department’s policy prohibits officers from interviewing sexual assault victims who are 12 or younger.

Henrichs was also cited in the memo for becoming involved in a civil matter in violation of the department’s policy. After he was dispatched to a reported disturbance on June 24 that involved a dispute between roommates over money, Henrichs drafted a contract that detailed how much was due and when it must be paid, the memo says.

Henrichs agreed to the 16-day suspension, which starts on Feb. 7. That means that he cannot appeal the discipline.

Auburn Police officer suspended for inappropriate text messages

AUBURN — The Auburn Board of Public Works and Safety has punished an Auburn Police officer for sending inappropriate text messages. Officer Steven Vallance received a 45-day unpaid suspension and other penalties from the board at its meeting Thursday morning in City Hall.

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Probe of fatal police shooting goes to federal authorities

By Justin Jouvenal/Post

The Fairfax County prosecutor has turned over the investigation of a fatal police shooting of an unarmed Springfield man to federal authorities, citing complications with the five-month-old case.

Commonwealth’s Attorney Ray Morrogh said the U.S. attorney’s office for the Eastern District of Virginia has agreed to continue the probe into the death of 46-year-old John Geer, who was shot during a standoff with Fairfax County police in August. No one has been charged in the incident.

“There is a conflict of interest that has arisen in the case,” Morrogh said Thursday. “And there is a second potential conflict of interest that has arisen out of my office. . . . This is the prudent thing to do.”

Morrogh declined to describe the nature of the conflicts because the investigation is ongoing. The U.S. attorney’s office said Thursday that it could not confirm or deny any investigation or comment on pending investigations.

Police went to Geer’s Pebble Brook Court home on Aug. 29 because of a report of a domestic disturbance. Geer’s father, Don Geer, said his son was upset because his girlfriend, the mother of his two children, had decided to leave him.

John Geer had thrown his girlfriend’s belongings in the front yard. She called police and told them that Geer had a firearm. Police said they tried for about 50 minutes to persuade Geer to leave the home, but he refused.

Don Geer said he watched the climax of the encounter. He said that he could not hear what officers were saying to his son but that he saw him standing with empty hands resting on top of a screen door at the home’s entrance.

At some point, John Geer began to slowly lower his hands and an officer opened fire, hitting Geer in the chest, his father said. Geer retreated inside and closed the door. A SWAT team eventually entered the home and found Geer dead.

Don Geer said detectives later told him that his son did not have a gun on him at the time of the shooting but that there was a holstered handgun a couple of steps from the front door.

Don Geer said it appeared to him that the shooting was unjustified, but he was unsure what to make of the probe being turned over to federal authorities.

“I don’t know whether that’s good or bad — if I had a better idea of why they are doing it, I could form an opinion,” he said.

Geer and friends of his son have been critical of how long the investigation has taken, but Morrogh said police and prosecutors were working to explore all the evidence. He did not think federal prosecutors would have to start from scratch.

“No one wants these things to linger on,” Morrogh said.

Our ink will outlast his career

Under the reign of former Chief of Police Rhorer the Fairfax County Police arrested a man for not wearing clothes in his house while he made coffee, set up an eye doctor on a gambling charge and then used the SWAT team to kill him. An investigation into the charge that the Doctor’s primary clients were cops has never been investigated. The police gunned down an emotionally unstable man because cop who shot him wrongly assumed the man was trying to escape. He wasn’t. The cops also shot dead four other citizens under highly questionable circumstances. The department under Rhorer was sued multiple times by citizens. So did they fire Rhorer? Naw they promoted him. According to news reports Rhorer draws a salary of $191,168 per year as Deputy Fairfax County Executive as well as a concurrent pension from the Fairfax County police of $173000 per year.

Occupation by force

According to the most recent U.S. Census figures, nearly one in five Fairfax residents (17.5 percent) is of Asian descent while Hispanics make up nearly 16 percent of Fairfax’s overall population. Those numbers drop considerably when applied to the Fairfax County Police Department, where only 4.3 percent of officers are Asian and 4.1 percent Hispanic. White officers make up 84 percent of Fairfax County’s 1,360-member police department, significantly higher than the county’s general population (54 percent white). Almost 90% of the force lives outside the county.