A police officer forced women to have sex with him under threat of an arrest and lied to federal investigators when he said he'd never had sex with prostitutes, according to charges unveiled Monday.
Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.COLUMBUS, Ohio — A longtime police officer forced women to have sex with him under threat of an arrest, pressured others to help cover up crimes, and lied to federal investigators when he said he'd never had sex with prostitutes, according to charges unveiled Monday.
A federal indictment accused Mitchell, a 30-year veteran, of arresting two different women and forcing them to have sex before he would release them.Later, during the federal investigation, Mitchell lied when he told the FBI he'd never had sex with a prostitute, since Mitchell knew"he has had sex with numerous prostitutes, including having paid women money for sex," according to the indictment.who stabbed him in the hand while sitting in his unmarked police car.
"We rely on the police to serve and protect us, and when you have a police officer who commits a crime, that is a very serious breach of trust," he said. "The community has every right to be disgusted by the news, as well as everyone who wears this badge," he said."These allegations are unfounded, and my client is going to exercise his right to a jury trial in the federal system," Collins said. His understanding, he said, is that the alleged victims named in the indictment were prostitutes."Our family has been asking questions for a long time," said Mary Laile, a cousin to Castleberry.
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