Roger Golubski, who allegedly threatened to jail women's relatives if they turned down his demands for sexual favors, was set to go on trial on Monday.
TOPEKA, Kan. — An ex- Kansas detective accused of sexually assaulting Black women is dead, prosecutors said as his trial was set to begin Monday.His attorney, Christopher Joseph, said his client “was despondent about the media coverage.” He did not elaborate.TOPEKA, Kan. — A white Kansas police detective accused of sexually assaulting Black women and girls — and terrorizing those who tried to fight back — did not appear for his trial Monday, prompting authorities to issue an arrest warrant.
“Every time I turn around, I’m looking,” said Jermeka Hobbs, who has filed a separate lawsuit against Golubski and is not a witness in the trial. Her lawsuit says she was groomed to be one of “Golubski’s girls” and submitted to sexual advances fearing that he would bust her for drugs. “I’m thinking somebody is after me. I have no peace at all.
Crime was abundant there, as were drug dealers and prostitutes, said Max Seifert, a former Kansas City, Kansas, police officer who graduated from the police academy with Golubski in 1975.Seifert said police misconduct was tolerated in the department. He described how informants and Golubski’s ex-wife complained that Golubski was soliciting prostitutes. Golubski also was caught having sex with a woman in his office, he said.
“She, like many people in the community, just viewed the police as all-powerful,” said Cheryl Pilate, an attorney who helped“That was the thread that gave people some courage,” said Lindsay Runnels, who serves on the board of the Midwest Innocence Project.Prosecutors say Golubski drove one of the women at the center of their criminal case to a cemetery and told her to find a spot to dig her own grave.
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