US EditionA Finger Lakes Officer Didn’t Believe a Teen’s Rape Claims. Then the Victim Was Abused Again
Officer D was found guilty of repeated gross misconduct for derogatory comments to women, including sexual jokes, and was demoted but remains on duty as a constable.
- After incidents that ran to April 13, 2024, Officer D, an ex-sergeant, was reduced in rank by Norfolk Police but will continue serving as a constable.
- The misconduct panel found repeated offensive remarks by Officer D, including comments to a drunk woman involved in a domestic dispute, reviewed from March 12 and April 2, 2023.
- Recorded logs include that on March 2, 2023, Officer D told colleagues 'Shall we go and see what horny ladies we can find' and called women 'some slags', records show.
- The panel recorded mitigation that Officer D had an unblemished record and genuine remorse, while Lynn News requested Norfolk Police remove his anonymity for local transparency.
- A review of files from more than 200 small law enforcement agencies found inconsistent discipline and transparency gaps in more than 10,000 police disciplinary files, raising concerns after state-level disclosure changes from the 2020 repeal.
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A Finger Lakes officer didn’t believe a teen’s rape claims. Then the victim was abused again
Despite a history of performance issues, the officer who mishandled the case received only minimal discipline and remains on patrol today.
A sergeant of the Buenos Aires Province Police was arrested on Saturday on charges of kidnapping and sexually abusing a 25-year-old girl in the Pereyra Iraola Park. The suspect was identified as Jonathan Andrés Peralta, 32, who was working at the Buenos Aires-La Plata Highway Station. The capture took place in Florencio Varela, following an investigation that included the analysis of images and the tracing of a stolen vehicle.The incident occurr…
An officer bungled a teen rape case. The victim was abused again. - The Ithaca Voice
Sammy Sussman pored over more than 10,000 police disciplinary files and reported from Penn Yan, N.Y., a small community in the Finger Lakes, to report this article. It is part of a series by The New York Times’s Local Investigations Fellowship. The first article in the series can be found here. A teenage girl came forward in May 2023 with a horrifying complaint: Her adoptive father had been raping her since 2021, she told police officers in an i…
La Plata is shocked by the arrest of a 32-year-old police sergeant, who is the main defendant for the abduction, theft and sexual abuse of a 25-year-old girl. The victim reported having been intercepted by the attacker, who forced her into her own vehicle and held her for hours at the Pereyra Iraola Park reserve. The rapid investigation, which included analysis of security cameras and crucial testimonies, allowed the authorities to identify and …
The 32-year-old man works on the highway roadblock and was intercepted by agents in Florencio Varela.
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