Officer fired, arrested on
battery, false imprisonment, misconduct charges
Author: Sheli Muniz,
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -
Daytona Beach police say an
officer has been arrested on accusations of groping a woman he was arresting.
Police say the woman was
arrested in a hit-and-run crash but instead of taking her to jail, Officer
Larry Jones, 22, touched the woman inappropriately in an incident last week.
The woman told police Jones
pulled his patrol car over to adjust her handcuffs because they were hurting
her. Police said Jones then told the woman he needed to search her again, put
his hand under her shirt and touched her breast.
According to police, Jones also
rubbed the woman's leg and groin, pulled down her pants and underwear away from
her body and shined his flashlight down her pants.
The department's spokesperson,
Jimmie Flynt, said Jones' GPS showed they stopped.
They also said there have been
inconsistencies in Jones' story, but Flynt said, "She has not waivered
with what she says happened from the day she made these allegations to when
they interviewed her maybe three or four days ago."
Jones was on the police force
for less than a year. He is now on unpaid leave facing charges of battery,
felony false imprisonment and official misconduct.
Jones was booked at the Volusia
County Jail on $7,500 bond and bonded out Tuesday evening.
