Former Hamilton County Deputy Sheriff
Indicted for Sexual Assault While on Duty
U.S. Department of Justice September 24, 2014
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WASHINGTON—Former Hamilton County Deputy
Sheriff Willie Greer, 33, was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury in
Chattanooga, Tennessee, for sexually assaulting a woman while he was on duty on
Jan. 5, 2014, the Justice Department announced.
Greer was charged with a civil rights
violation for sexually assaulting the victim, which violated her constitutional
due process rights to bodily integrity, kidnapping, carrying a firearm during
and in relation to the sexual assault and possessing a firearm in further of
the crime.
If convicted, the defendant faces a maximum
penalty of life imprisonment and a fine of not more than $250,000. An indictment
is a formal accusation of criminal conduct, not evidence of guilt. The
defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
This case was investigated by the FBI and the
Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office and is being prosecuted by Assistant United
States Attorney James Brooks of the Eastern District of Tennessee and Civil
Rights Division Trial Attorney Saeed Mody.
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