Shreveport
cop's initial charges include aggravated rape
Maya Lau
A police report describing
accusations against a Shreveport Police officer arrested today listed the
charges against him as aggravated rape and public intimidation, The Times has
learned.
The report also listed a
handgun as a weapon used.
Cpl. James Greene, 44, was
ultimately charged with abuse of office upon his surrender to the Caddo
Correctional Center. His bond was set at $100,000.
Greene, a detective assigned to
juvenile investigations, is accused of sexual misconduct with a woman who came
to speak to him Wednesday in his office at the Shreveport Police Complex about
harassing phone calls she'd received.
Later that evening, she
notified authorities who responded to a call in the 5700 block of South
Lakeshore Drive, alleging she'd been sexually assaulted by Greene at police
headquarters.
The woman hasn't been
identified.
Cpl. Breck Scott, an SPD
spokesman, said responding officers aren't detectives. They write charges on
police reports based on their interpretation of initial accusations, he said.
After a criminal investigation, and upon consultation with the Caddo District
Attorney's office, authorities decided to charge Greene with abuse of office,
he said.
Greene, who joined the
department in February of 2000, was initially placed on paid administrative
leave on Feb. 11 amid an internal investigation according to civil service
rules, which state: "When an employee is charged with a felony he shall,
and if a misdemeanor he may, be immediately relieved of duty and placed on
departmental leave for up to one week at full pay and with continuing
seniority."
