Memphis) Memphis Police Officer Jason Webb isn’t in a
uniform, but a mug shot, after he was indicted and arrested last week for
patronizing prostitution.
“The investigation revealed at least one of those
prostitutes was underage,” said Memphis Police Director Toney Armstrong. “At
this point he is on non-enforcement.”
Police tell us they fired Jason Webb, threw him off the
force.
They allowed us to review his personnel files. There were no
details on his firing, but plenty of other trouble.
In 2000, he got into a fight with a man at Platinum Plus
over a female. He received one day suspension.
In 2009, he was suspended for two days for not showing up at
work and not letting anyone know about it.
Between 2008 and 2010, his wife filed harassment, simple
assault and child abuse reports against him at least nine times in Fayette
County. Webb was charged for never informing MPD about any of it.
Webb was also charged for abusing the sick leave policy,
taking his vehicle out of town while on duty and not informing MPD about two
side jobs he had. One of those jobs provided a free vehicle and the other
virtually-free rent.
When police did fire Webb, he appealed to the Civil Service
Commission and got his job back.
“We don’t always agree with it. I stand by when a person is
terminated it has to be done at the chief’s level. Nine times out of ten I have
been briefed on it. I stand behind their decisions,” said Armstrong.
For the last year, investigators had their eye on Webb. They
say between July and August of 2012 he contacted a person he should have known
was under the age of 18 to engage in conduct that constitutes statutory rape.
Last Thursday, Webb was indicted on four counts of
solicitation of a minor.
Webb is out of jail on $10,000 bond.
He told us outside his home Monday that the charges against
him are not true and happened more than a year ago.
He has filed a $1 million lawsuit against the Memphis Police
Department, saying during an incident in January 2012, police held him in a
vehicle for eight hours, violating his constitutional rights.