NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. - (AP) -- A
former Plainfield police sergeant has been sentenced to six years in prison
after being found guilty of falsely accusing a woman of crimes and threatening
her with jail unless she performed a sexual act.
The Union County prosecutor's
office says Samuel Woody was sentenced on Wednesday in Superior Court in New
Brunswick.
Prosecutors say Woody arrested
a 27-year-old resident on bogus theft and burglary charges in 2011. Authorities
say Woody later met the woman and coerced her into removing some of her
clothing while he performed a sex act on himself while in uniform. A jury found
him guilty in December 2013 on charges of official misconduct and criminal
sexual contact.
The 44-year-old Woody had been
with the department for 12 years.