By Dan Kennedy,
The Hamilton County sheriff's
deputy fired for allegedly raping a woman while on patrol may have had more
victims.
Attorneys for the first alleged
victim said Tuesday they're looking for at least one more woman to come
forward.
"What makes this case so
egregious is that Officer Greer is charged with protecting the community,"
said Attorney Bill Speek. "What he did on that day and what we suspect
he's done previous times is take advantage of the very people he's charged with
protecting."
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Attorney Bill Speek represents
the woman who said Deputy Willie Greer pulled her over for speeding, handcuffed
her, and forced her to perform a sex act.
According to the affidavit,
Greer admitted the incident happened but called the act "consensual."
Greer was charged with official misconduct and aggravated rape, and fired from
his job.
Speek said there's evidence of
least one more victim from January 5 and that new information now has multiple
agencies investigating. But Greer has not been charged in that.
"We know on the same day
there was one, we're looking to learn more information on if there was more in
the previous days," Speek said. "What you won't have access to are
some of the confidential files that exist for police officers, we're looking
into those right now. We have some information that indicates his record is not
as clean as you may otherwise think."
"What we're asking for is
that any other victim of Officer Greer that day come forward, contact our
office, contact Chattanooga police, contact the FBI, but come forward so we can
help put behind bars somebody who has taken an oath to protect our citizens but
has also abused them in the process."
In January, Sheriff Jim Hammond
said Greer had no previous problems. He had been with the county for three
months. Our partners at The Chattanooga Times Free Press reported in January he
previously worked as a campus officer at Chattanooga State.
"The vetting process was
normal, there was nothing to indicate this behavior might happen," Sheriff
Hammond said in January. "There's no reason to believe this would
occur."
In court Tuesday, Greer told
Judge Lila Statom he's hired a new attorney, Johnny D. Houston, Jr. Judge
Statom pushed his hearing back to May 13 but warned Greer to be ready come that
date. Tuesday was not the first time his hearing has been passed to a new date.
"But you need to do your
best to have him hired by this date because that would be a long time that you
would be out on bond," the judge told Greer.
Houston had no comment on his
new client's behalf Tuesday. Channel 3 will be back in court May 13 for Greer's
next scheduled hearing.