Birmingham Police Department terminates officer charged with child sex abuse, rape in Alabaster


By Jon Reed |  

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- A Birmingham police officer who faces child sex abuse and rape charges in Alabaster has been terminated from the police department.
Joshua Herbinger was terminated from the Birmingham Police Department effective Friday, according to Lt. Sean Edwards.
Herbinger, 29, was arrested Oct. 9 and charged with sexual abuse of a child less than 12 years old after a young female reported the abuse to the School Resource Officer at her school. Alabaster police said Herbinger is not related to the victim.
He was arrested again Monday by Alabaster police and charged in the rape of an adult woman. He was charged with first-degree rape, and police said he wasn't in any kind of relationship with the victim.
Herbinger was a crime scene technician and a nine-year veteran of the Birmingham Police Department.
Alabaster police said Tuesday that the investigation is ongoing and anyone with information can call Det. Andrew Pounds at 205-663-7401.