Posted on 09/06/2005 5:02:25 PM PDT by BlackRain
NEW ORLEANS - A two-year veteran of the New Orleans Police Department was arrested Wednesday in connection with the sexual assault of a woman he stopped on the street, according to investigators. Investigators said 5th District Officer Keith Griffin, 37, was working the night shift July 11 at about 3 a.m. when he stopped a 37-year-old woman riding a bicycle in the area of St. Claude Avenue and Flood Street. The woman was detained, driven to Flood and Deslonde streets and sexually assaulted, investigators said.
Rest of story: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9066602/
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New Orleans Police Officer Accused of Sexual Assault
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A seven-year veteran of the New Orleans Police Department was arrested Friday on charges he sexually assaulted a woman after identifying himself as an officer while off-duty.
Corey Johnson, 34, allegedly got into the house where the assault occurred after telling the occupants he was a police officer. Once the residents let him in, he allegedly threatened two men, asked a 21-year-old woman for sexual favors, and then sexually assaulted a 24-year-old woman.
Another woman managed to call police, who arrived to find Johnson in the back of the house. He was arrested and faces one count of aggravated rape and two counts of aggravated assault.
Johnson has been suspended, without pay.
''When a member of this department compromises the trust and privileges granted by the public there will be swift and definite action taken,'' Superintendent Eddie Compass said. ''No person, including police officers, is above the law and we, as public servants, must maintain the highest of professional standards.''
http://officer.com/article/article.jsp?siteSection=5&id=22973
Guess he won't be going to Vegas.
Jim's gonna get punched, if we're not careful!!!
You know you are "cruisin' for a bruisin'" from Landrieu...
But it's hard to put a positive spin on this incident, especially when two other Police Department officers are awaiting trial on sex charges.
Corey Johnson, a seven-year veteran who was booked with aggravated rape in April, stands accused of forcing a woman to perform oral sex on him after he gained entrance to her home by identifying himself as a police officer.
A year earlier, 16-year veteran James Adams was booked with aggravated kidnapping, extortion and malfeasance. He's accused of threatening a woman with arrest unless she had sex with him.
http://nola.live.advance.net/news/t-p/editorials/index.ssf?/base/news-2/1125037939213420.xml
Unfortunately, this type of behavior is not exclusive to New Orleans.
Seems like the NOPD are not quite clear on what the Vice Squad is actually supposed to do.
Y'all sure that this one is not some sort of sick joke?
I mean, arrested WEDNESDAY in New Orleans for an assault that occured on July 11th? I mean, on Wednesday, the city was flooded and the police force was breaking down.
With the detention occuring on FLOOD street?
This doesn't pass the smell test.
New Orleans has a high rate of sexual assault committed by law enforcement for such a small force -- only 1,500 members.
Do you know that the NOPD is perhaps the most corrupt force in America? They'd make the LAPD look like the LAPD in the old Dragnet days.
Fine. Bad stuff. Lock the SOB up.
Is this really the time to be publishing it?
Your comments smack of an agenda.
Why do I keep seeing references to Vegas? Is that where the cops split to?
Nagin is going to reward his officers by sending on a paid vacation to Vegas... Or so he says.
NOPD was so corrupt, it was nearly disbanded once with the National Guard set to take over.
Don't know why they stopped that plan, however.
*Sound of me slapping my forehead* This is turning into a circus..
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/05/national/nationalspecial/05vegas.html
By JOSEPH B. TREASTER and CHRISTOPHER DREW
Published: September 5, 2005
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 4 - A day after two police suicides and the abrupt resignations or desertions of up to 200 police officers, defiant city officials on Sunday began offering five-day vacations - and even trips to Las Vegas - to the
police, firefighters and city emergency workers and their families.
The idea of paid vacations was raised by both Mayor C. Ray Nagin and senior police officials who said that their forces were exhausted and traumatized and that the arrival of the National Guard had made way for the officers to be relieved.
"I'm very concerned about individuals who have been here, particularly since the first few days, and have been through a lot of hardship," Mr. Nagin said in an interview.
He said most of the police officers, firefighters and emergency medical workers "are starting to show signs of very, very serious stress, and this is a way to give them time to reunite with their families."
Mr. Nagin, who has been demanding more federal assistance for days as his city struggled with despair, death and flooding, said he had asked the Federal Emergency Management Agency to pay for the trips but the agency said it could not. He said the city, therefore, would pay the costs.
He said he believed there were now enough National Guard members in the city to allow the police to take a break and still keep the city secure, and he brushed off questions about whether such a trip might look like a dereliction of duty.
"I'll take the heat on that," Mr. Nagin said. "We want to cater to them."
His words were seconded by the police superintendent, P. Edwin Compass III, in a separate interview. "When you go through something this devastating and traumatic," Mr. Compass said, "you've got to do something dramatic to jump-start the healing process."
The officials were planning to send 1,500 workers out in two shifts for five days each. They are sending them to Las Vegas because of the availability of hotel rooms and to Atlanta because many of them had relatives there.
They said that they were trying to get the first officers on their way on Monday and that the first stop would be Baton Rouge, about 75 miles from here.
There the officers will be given physical examinations and inoculations against possible infection from the polluted floodwaters, said Col. Terry Ebbert, the director of homeland security for the city, who has authority over the police and fire departments and other emergency services.
Then, Colonel Ebbert and other officials said, those who want to go to Las Vegas or Atlanta will be given air transportation and a hotel room. The city is reserving hotel rooms in Baton Rouge, they said, adding that the officers and firefighters may also be given the choice of flying to other cities.
Colonel Ebbert, the senior official running the recovery and rescue operation, and Mr. Compass both said that they planned to take a break as well, but probably for less than five days, and that they would continue to direct the recovery by telephone.
Officials said they expected the military, with much greater resources, to expand rescue work, begin cleaning up the city and take the first steps toward reconstruction.
W. J. Riley, the deputy superintendent of police, said that by late Sunday afternoon more than 2,900 National Guard members and law enforcement officers from around the country were operating in New Orleans. By early evening, Mr. Riley said, the advance units of a 2,200-person force from the 82nd Airborne Division had landed.
Several thousand more soldiers were expected, including members of the First Cavalry Division.
Reinforcements are also expected for the fire department. Senior firefighters, who have been forced to ignore some fires and to try merely to keep the worst blazes from spreading, said that several hundred firefighters with fire engines and radio equipment were heading for New Orleans from departments around the country.
New Orleans officials said they would remain in charge. Mr. Riley, who has been on the police force for 24 years, will oversee the police department in the superintendent's absence.
"We haven't turned over control of the city," Colonel Ebbert said.
Mr. Riley said that 40 percent of the city's force of about 1,200 officers would remain at their posts while the others were on leave. When the first group returns, Mr. Riley said, those who stayed behind will get a break.
Deputy Fire Chief Joseph Matthews, who is also the director of the city's Office of Emergency Preparedness, said officials viewed the time off for their security forces as essential. "We've been at this six days and we need to give our people a break," he said.
If convicted his lawyer will argue that his conviction is void because the indictment charging him with the offense of aggravated rape is fatally defective because it failed to allege the requisite mens rea.
Bond Set For NOPD Officer Accused In Rape Of Tourist
15-Year Veteran Acquitted In 1995 Case
UPDATED: 2:23 p.m. CDT July 24, 2003
NEW ORLEANS -- Bond has been set for a 15-year veteran of the New Orleans Police Department who was booked Wednesday in connection with the September 2000 sexual assault of a Florida woman, according to a NOPD news release.
The officer, Abreace Daniel, 37, was assigned to the 7th District in New Orleans East. He has been booked with aggravated rape, attempted murder, aggravated battery and second-degree kidnapping. Bond was set at $360,000.
The alleged assault took place in the 2600 block of Bartholomew Street. According to investigators, the 31-year-old woman was visiting the French Quarter when she was approached by a man who introduced himself as "Byron" from Marietta, Ga. The man engaged her in conversation and then offered to drive her back to her hotel. While in the car, the man produced a blunt metal object and struck the woman in the head, the release said.
The woman was then driven to a section of the Florida housing development that was under construction and raped, police said. After the attack, the woman allegedly was severely beaten and left at the scene.
The victim managed to wander out of the building and seek help from residents who called police. She was taken to a nearby hospital where she was treated for contusions, bruises, and head lacerations.
Sex Crimes detectives produced a composite sketch of the suspect, however, the case remained unsolved for almost three years. Investigators recently revisited the case and noticed a strong resemblance to Daniel, who later was identified by the victim in a photographic lineup.
Daniel was taken into custody Wednesday morning by agents from the Public Integrity Bureau. He has been suspended from the force without pay.
Police said Daniel is also being investigated in connection with at least two other similar rapes.
Sources said detectives obtained a warrant to search Daniel's white Pontiac Firebird. They also are looking for a black Polo shirt with a red "R" the suspect may have worn, a sliding police baton that could have been used to beat the victim, and a leather shoe taken from the victim by the rapist.
In 1995, Daniel was the subject of a sexual assault case in which he was acquitted by an Orleans Parish jury and reinstated as a police officer. In that case, Daniel was accused of picking up a college student and forcing her to have oral sex.
"Back in 1995, there was a stranded motorist somewhere in the Carrollton area, where the motorist was seeking assistance because of her car not being operable," NOPD Capt. Marlon Defillo said. "He picked the female up and drove her to an unknown location where the victim was sexually assaulted, not raped. He was eventually arrested. The case went before Criminal Court and the jury acquitted him."
or is that just an old post. I don't see a date on the MSN article.
"a bicycle in the area of St. Claude Avenue and Flood Street. The woman was detained, driven to Flood and Deslonde streets and sexually assaulted, investigators said."
Perhaps this is a typo. Don't know that area of New Orleans, but Flood street does not cross Deslonde street. They run parallel to each other and are about 6 city blocks apart.
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