police sexual assault

NYPD Sergeant Suspended For Flinging Jizz At His ‘Crush’

Evgen — Sun, 12 Jul 2015 09:03:33 +0000

NEW YORK — A sergeant employed by the New York Police Department is suspended, following accusations that he threw semen at a woman he worked with.

Sergeant Michael Iscenko, 54, is said to have followed a coworker as she left the women’s restroom and approached her from behind before throwing semen at her leg and shoe. A report from New York Magazine says Iscenko had shown romantic interest in the woman.

The incident took place at One Police Plaza, and at least part of the attack was caught on surveillance cameras.

An unnamed source told the New York Post: “[The victim] suddenly felt something on her leg, looked down, and said to [Iscenko], ‘What are you doing?'”

The victim — who remains unnamed, but is confirmed to have worked in the Organized Crime Control Bureau with Iscenko — filed a complaint with her superiors, who chose to suspend the sergeant.

The liquid that was splashed on the victim’s leg was recovered and confirmed by police to be semen. The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office obtained search warrant requiring Iscenko to surrender a DNA sample so a crime lab can determine if the semen belonged to the sergeant.

Following the investigation, the DA’s office may choose to charge Sgt. Iscenko with sexual assault.

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Phoenix Cop Arrested for Kidnapping and Sexually Assaulting Young Woman

Evgen — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 08:56:06 +0000

Phoenix Police Officer Timothy Morris

UPDATE @ 6/28/2015 12:18 PM: During a press conference on Saturday, Sgt. Jonathan Howard, speaking on behalf of the Phoenix Police Department, said he was “for the first time, embarrassed” to be giving a statement about the conduct of one of its officers.

Former officer Timothy Morris has admitted to the misconduct he was accused of. The officer forced a woman to perform a sex act on him while she was in handcuffs. The Phoenix Police Department was quick to distance themselves from the officer, who called his behavior a “gross deviation of our expectations.”

A video of the conference, courtesy of AZCentral, is available below:

PHOENIX — A Phoenix police officer was arrested Saturday for allegedly kidnapping and assaulting a 23-year-old woman.

Officer Timothy Morris, 40, was reported Friday to police by a woman who says he had engaged in sexual contact with her early that morning while serving a misdemeanor arrest warrant. The woman says after Morris assaulted her, he let her go without arresting her.

Police arrived at Morris’s home and arrested him, charging him with sexual assault and kidnapping. The arrest appears to have occurred without incident.

Later, while being questioned, Morris resigned from his position as an officer with the Phoenix Police Department.

Chief of Police Joseph Yahner gave the following statement in a release intended for the press:

The Phoenix Police Department took immediate action when this incident was brought to our attention. We responded quickly and decisively to ensure public trust and confidence. We hold our officers accountable to the highest standards. In addition to initiating the criminal investigation, the Phoenix Police Department began an internal investigation to address Officer Morris’s employment status however he resigned. I am extremely disappointed in the actions of Mr. Morris, the Phoenix Police Department will continue to hold its officers to the highest standards to ensure the trust and confidence of the community we serve.

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Chicago Pays Woman $415,000 After She Accused Two Cops of Sexually Assaulting Her While Drunk

Evgen — Sun, 03 May 2015 10:32:23 +0000

Former Chicago cop Paul Clavijo

Chicago taxpayers will shell out $415,000 to compensate an inebriated woman who accused two police officers of sexually assaulting her, only to have them plead guilty to a lesser charge.

Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez initially claimed that the 22-year-old victim was so intoxicated that she was “unable to give knowing consent” to the sex she had with Chicago Police Officers Juan Vasquez and Paul Clavijo.

The victim had a blood-alcohol level of .38 — nearly five times the legal limit for driving a car in Illinois — during the alleged March 30, 2011, assault.

“They victimized these women,” Alvarez said at the time. They not only violated, but they essentially destroyed their oath of office.”

Three years later, the state’s attorney’s office quietly agreed to a deal that allowed Clavijo and Vasquez to plead guilty to felony official misconduct. No sexual misconduct was alleged.

Both officers avoided prison time and were sentenced to two years probation. They resigned after their felony convictions disqualified them from working as police officers.

At the time, a spokesperson for the state’s attorney’s office called the plea deal “the best possible outcome” in the case “based on the circumstances.”

Former Chicago cop Juan Vasquez

Attorney Jed Stone refused to comment because he is no longer representing Clavijo. Dan Herbert, an attorney representing Vasquez, could not be reached for comment on the settlement, expected to be approved by the City Council’s Finance Committee on Tuesday.

Herbert has long maintained that the sex was consensual and, therefore “not a criminal incident” even though “some bad decisions” were made.

The officers were on duty and in uniform when they offered the victim a ride home to Rogers Park from Wrigleyville near Sheffield and Addison at 2 a.m. on March 30, 2011.

The woman, who had been drinking at a friend’s home, attempted to enter the back seat of the marked squad car, but Clavijo ushered her onto his lap in the front seat, where he sexually assaulted her while Vasquez went into a liquor store, prosecutors said after the incident.

At the victim’s home in the 1300 block of West Greenleaf, she drank and played strip poker with them, prosecutors said. The officers then sexually assaulted her, leading her to pound on the walls and scream, prosecutors alleged. Police found the victim in a “hysterical” state and recovered part of Vasquez’s uniform and cellphone from the room, prosecutors said.

Clavijo was also accused of a March 10, 2011, crime in which he and Vasquez allegedly picked up a 26-year-old woman at a bus stop near Clark and Sheffield.

They drove her home and asked to use her restroom, prosecutors said. Inside, when Vasquez went to the bathroom, Clavijo allegedly followed the woman into her bedroom and “pushed her onto the bed, pulled down her pants and performed a sex act on her,” prosecutors said.

The woman objected, and the officers left, but the woman did not immediately report the crime because she was intimidated, prosecutors said. Vasquez does not face charges in the incident.

The $415,000 settlement is the latest in a series of hefty payouts stemming from alleged police abuse.

Jon Loevy, an attorney representing the woman in the March 30 incident, said a $415,000 settlement is justified even though the criminal case fell apart.

“We were prepared to prove our case that what our client said happened is exactly what happened,” Loevy said Friday.

“This was a sexual assault. It was not consensual. The fact that she was intoxicated does not excuse a sexual assault.”

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