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.
