Update: Washington, DC: A District Court judge ordered a
veteran police officer to remain jailed after a second woman came forward to
say he had sexually assaulted her when she was a teenager singing in a church
choir he directed. The judge called him a “danger” who targeted adolescent
girls. The hearing was for a charge that he repeatedly sexually abused a girl,
beginning when she was 11 years old and lasting nearly three years.
http://ow.ly/gTX5B
New Milford, Connecticut: A former police officer who was
fired in 2011 following an internal investigation of his conduct in an off-duty
case has been allowed to retire and receive related payments from the town. He
is said to have attempted to extort money from a teenager, and threatened him.
He was sentenced to six months incarceration, suspended, and received a two
year conditional discharge. http://ow.ly/gSaRN
Abbeville County,
South Carolina: A sheriff who was under scrutiny because of a sex tape
was indicted by the State Grand Jury after being accused of taking kickbacks. http://ow.ly/gRtJK