Posted on 04/06/2005 5:18:27 PM PDT by Calpernia
A 42-year-old police officer arrested on charges he raped his teenage daughter has been released without bail, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Prosecutors in Queens had requested $25,000 bail for the officer, whose name has been withheld by authorities. Queens Criminal Court Judge William Harrington ruled the defendant could go free after issuing an order barring him from having any contact with his 15-year-old daughter.
The officer has been charged with rape, incest, endangering the welfare of a child and sexual abuse based on allegations by the girl that he raped and molested her several times since 2001, court papers said.
The man's 20-year-old daughter also told investigators he fondled her when she was a minor, but the statute of limitations prevented any further charges, police said.
The officer, who worked in Manhattan, was arrested on Monday and suspended from the force. Authorities said they were withholding the officer's name to protect the identities of the victims.
The officer was represented by a union lawyer at his arraignment, but was expected to have a private attorney at his next appearance on April 18. The new attorney's name was not immediately available.
Unbelievable! Yeah, I trust our courts to do the right thing.
ping
Stunning. This guy is on the streets.....
Almost makes you feel sorry for him, when you think what's in store for him. Then you remember what he is accused of, and lose any and all pity - if he is, indeed, guilty.
Oh you ain't kidding. This guy is gonna be walking like a duck for many years to come and his lips are gonna swell up to about the size of Angelina Jolie's.
Talk about doing hard time!
Ah, dude, that presumes a judge would actually sentence him to prison!
Boo-freakin'-hoo. Unless he is, in fact, innocent.
After Judge Greer ordering the death of a disabled citizen without
apparent consequence, nothing surprises me.
Just this minute got off the phone with a Republican caller who wanted to survey me about "Howard Dean's new agenda" I told him I did not give a durn about Dean, that I am concerned with the
Republican party allowing the Dems to fiibuster and judges to get by with breaking the law. He was going to ask me for a donation, but I told him I had spent the afternoon calling Republicans and was too disgusted with Repub leadship to discuss sending money.
Grrrrr!!! I wish I had time, space, and words to tell you ow I really feel.
vaudine
laws and rules are only for the little people. Public officials are above all that.
Unfortunately, I think you may be right. Sometimes I think our judicial system needs a major overhaul.
He may get ROR, and spared the wrath of the inmates, but how about facing the wife/mother of the girls.....
I want to know what the evidence is first.
Lots of wierd accusations come after someone leaves the family or reaches adult age.
Sometimes the accusations are true, sometimes not.
Yeah. Another thing, why is it that there's NO statute of limitations when it comes to priests?
"Then it runs x amount of years ? So the question is, at what age does a minor reach his/her majority ?"
"...why is it that there's NO statute of limitations when it comes to priests?"
The statute of limitations may be extended for some years after a minor reaches 18, but usually no more than two(well, that's NJ law for PI cases). It does apply to priests, but I think you are confusing "criminal" law with "civil" law, and in many of these cases the plaintiffs haven't sued the priests (who in any case can't be tried criminally since the S/L is run) but they are suing the Church. It would be interesting to look at some of those cases and see how cleverly they've gotten around the S/L date, but obviously they have.
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