By Eric Nicholson
A Dallas police officer was
arrested today for allegedly raping a woman he'd pulled over.
According to a DPD news
release, officer La'cori Johnson stopped a vehicle on the 9300 block of Larga
Drive on September 9, 2013. Johnson told the woman driving the car that she had
an outstanding warrant and that he'd have to take her to jail -- unless she had
sex with him.
"He then took her to a
nearby location where he forced her to have sex," the release says.
"Johnson then released her at another location. The victim subsequently
made an outcry which was reported to the Dallas police."
The victim alerted police in
October, and Johnson was placed on administrative leave that day, police say. A
"public integrity investigation" was launched "first" --
the department hasn't said when -- and an internal affairs investigation was
launched last week, almost three months after the incident was reported.
Johnson, a five-year veteran of
the department, was questioned by internal affairs investigators today and
promptly resigned, police say. He's charged with sexual assault, a
second-degree felony.
