MAS
Officer Accused Of Rape
Moundsville
police officer arrested for sexual assault
Ann
Arbor police officer charged with three felonies
Austin
police officer suspended over sexual assault investigation
Auburn
Police officer suspended for inappropriate text messages
MAS
Officer Accused Of Rape
By Alex Flores, Reporter
A long-time City of Memphis
employee has been arrested and accused of raping a woman back in December 2014.
Forty-four-year-old Jerry
Strong currently works as an animal control officer for Memphis Animal
Services. FOX13 News has learned he used
to be a Memphis Police Officer, where he was suspended for defrauding multiple
city agencies.
According to his arrest
affidavit, a woman claims Strong forced his way on top of her and then raped
her inside of his car back in December.
According to city personnel
records, Strong was police officer from 1994 to 2003 when he resigned. While
with the police force, he was suspended and received several written
reprimands. One suspension was in 2001 for double dipping and defrauding both
the Memphis Police Department and Memphis Housing Authority.
Records show Strong submitted
time sheets showing he was working both jobs at the same time. A statement of
charges reads, "Your action reflected negatively upon the Memphis Police
Department and the law enforcement profession."
Also in his personnel records,
he was reprimanded for failing to file a police report after speaking with a
shooting victim. Again no charges were ever filed in those instances.
As far as these new rape
charges, Strong is due in court Feb. 11. He's still working at MAS, but has
been moved to administrative duties.
Moundsville
police officer arrested for sexual assault
MARSHALL COUNTY, W.Va. – An
officer with the Moundsville Police department has been arrested on charges
surroundings an alleged a sexual relationship with a then 15-year-old girl.
Patrolman First Class Benjamin
Davis, 26, was arrested Tuesday morning and charged with two counts of 3rd
degree sexual assault and two counts of soliciting a minor. He is free on
$40,000 bond.
According to reports, Davis met
a 15-year-old girl on the social media website Whisper, and then he later allegedly
had sex with the girl.
"It creates a black eye
for police, but cases like this are few and far between,” said Sgt. Mathew
Adams with the West Virginia State Police Department. “Our job is always to
help the victims of crimes, and hopefully this will do that."
The victim allegedly went to
Davis' house for sex on at least one occasion after meeting him on “Whisper.”
Reports indicate her mom found out about the alleged relationship, and she took
matters into her own hands, creating a fake account with the picture slogan
“Cops Rule."
"She created this account
and basically Mr. Davis answered that, and she was posing as a 17-year-old
female in the Marshall County area,” Adams said. “They began chatting with each
other and planned to meet at some point."
Police say the women then told
Davis she was the victim's mother and told him, “your actions will make people
trust cops even less." She also threatened him to stay away from her
daughter. Police say they eventually obtained naked pictures from Davis’ and the
victim's cell phone.
On Tuesday he was officially
charged with sexual assault and soliciting a minor.
"It's an extremely
difficult case, especially when you're dealing with someone who does the same
job as you,” Adams said. “(Moundsville Police) Chief (Thomas) Mitchell has been
extremely cooperative."
Davis was on paid suspension,
but that may soon change now that charges are official. Davis must be given his
due process.
Ann
Arbor police officer charged with three felonies
John Counts
A former Ann Arbor police
officer who resigned over the summer amid allegations that he offered young women leniency in exchange for sex is now being
charged with three felonies and one misdemeanor.
Jason Jackson Kitts, 38 of
Westland, was arraigned on three counts of misconduct in office and one
misdemeanor count of unauthorized access of the Law Enforcement Information
Network, according to a release from the Washtenaw County Prosecutor's Office.
"The investigation was the
result of citizen complaints," said Deputy Chief Assistant Prosecutor
Steve Hiller.
The Ann Arbor News obtained
those citizen complaints last month via a Freedom of Information Act request.
On June 12, 2014, a citizen filed
a complaint via email about a traffic stop that occurred on Plymouth Road June
2. In the complaint, the woman said Kitts made "(i)nappropriate remarks
made during a traffic stop (that) were interpreted to be sexual in
nature," though the complaint did not elaborate further.
In another complaint, Kitts
allegedly pulled over a young woman on Plymouth Road in Ann Arbor June 16 and
hinted that he'd get the ticket
dismissed if she had sex with him, according to the complaint.
A second woman was issued a
speeding ticket by Kitts and filed a complaint about the way he behaved in the
hallway of downtown Ann Arbor's 15th District Court when she came to take care
of it.
Kitts
allegedly told the woman that he could get the ticket dismissed, but wanted to
know "what was in it for him," according to the report.
In
her complaint, the woman said Kitts told her, "I want to see how well you
can convince me that I should do this."
Michigan State Police
investigated the complaints with the full cooperation of the Ann Arbor Police
Department, the release says.
"I am saddened by how this
has affected the victims, our community and our department," Ann Arbor
police Chief John Seto said in a written statement. "It is my hope that
our actions following the revelation of his misconduct will allow those
affected to begin to place their trust in law enforcement officers again."
Kitts had been with the Ann
Arbor Police Department for eight years before resigning. City records show he
made $76,861.91 in fiscal year 2013-14.
Misconduct in office is a
felony punishable by up to five years in prison and and/or a $10,000 fine.
Unauthorized LEIN access is a
misdemeanor punishable by 93 days in jail and/or a $500 fine.
Kitts was given a personal
recognizance bond. A preliminary examination is set for Feb. 3.
Austin
police officer suspended over sexual assault investigation
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An Austin police officer will
be suspended for 16 days next month over how he handled two incidents last
year, including a reported sexual assault.
Officer William Henrichs took
the lead investigating the possible assault of a 5-year-old girl after her
mother called 911 on Sept. 14, according to a disciplinary memo made public
Thursday. After interviewing the mother, Henrichs directly questioned the child
about the assault, the memo says.
The Austin Police Department’s
policy prohibits officers from interviewing sexual assault victims who are 12
or younger.
Henrichs was also cited in the
memo for becoming involved in a civil matter in violation of the department’s
policy. After he was dispatched to a reported disturbance on June 24 that
involved a dispute between roommates over money, Henrichs drafted a contract
that detailed how much was due and when it must be paid, the memo says.
Henrichs agreed to the 16-day
suspension, which starts on Feb. 7. That means that he cannot appeal the
discipline.
Auburn
Police officer suspended for inappropriate text messages
AUBURN — The Auburn Board of
Public Works and Safety has punished an Auburn Police officer for sending
inappropriate text messages. Officer Steven Vallance received a 45-day unpaid
suspension and other penalties from the board at its meeting Thursday morning
in City Hall.
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