Community | January 19, 2011 | 25 comments

Police Officer Rapes a Transsexual

source: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Official-oppression-earnsex-cop-a-year-b...

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A former San Antonio police officer accused of raping a transsexual prostitute while on duty was ordered Tuesday to spend a year in jail.
Attorneys for Craig Nash, 39, had asked state District Judge Lori Valenzuela for deferred adjudication probation during the brief sentencing hearing, pointing out that he otherwise had been commended for his service during his six years with the department.
Prosecutors sought the maximum one-year sentence for the official oppression charge, which is a Class A misdemeanor.
As part of a plea agreement, Nash waived an indictment last month and pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor. In exchange, prosecutors agreed not to pursue a felony charge of sexual assault by a police officer, which had a maximum sentence of life in prison.
Nash also agreed to never again seek work as a police officer in Texas. Police Chief William McManus had indefinitely suspended Nash — the equivalent of firing him — last March and said the accusation had arrived as “a hard slap to the face” of other officers.
“Officers should be held to a higher standard,” prosecutor Trey Banack said Tuesday of his request for jail time. “A police officer who is a criminal does not deserve mercy from the system he serves to protect.”
Nash was arrested last February after the victim — currently serving time in a male state jail facility for prostitution — reported that she had just been held captive and raped by the officer.
She had been picked up by Nash at Guadalupe and Zarzamora streets early that morning and handcuffed in the back of the patrol car, she told police. She then was then told to lie down as Nash drove to an unknown location, where she was forced to commit multiple sex acts, she reported.
DNA taken from a rape kit later linked Nash to the complainant, according to court records. The woman picked Nash out in a police lineup and GPS tracking of his patrol unit was consistent with what she said, documents state.
Two days after the officer's arrest, a second person came forward to say he had also been raped by the officer in 2008. As part of the plea agreement, prosecutors won't pursue the second allegation, according to court documents.
Prosecutors opted to pursue the misdemeanor charge against Nash instead of the felony as they began looking ahead to trial and contemplating “additional issues we'd have to deal with,” said Adriana Biggs, chief of the district attorney's white-collar crimes division. She declined to elaborate.
Unlike sexual assault, consent isn't an issue for an officer to be charged with official oppression. Prosecutors only have to show that an officer had sex with somebody in custody.
Outside the courtroom, defense attorney Alan Brown wouldn't say if he had been prepared to argue that sex between his client and the accuser was consensual, saying only: “We don't agree to the elements of sexual assault. We don't agree that happened.”
Nash had been a good officer and good father to six children and probation seemed appropriate, Brown said.
“He had been officer of the month a couple times,” Brown said, adding that Nash had been recognized for saving a woman from a fire, among other commendations. “He had a lot of


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25 comments // Police Officer Rapes a Transsexual

  • Divide_Conquer
  • corndog67
  • Kaotik
  • RojoGatto
  • Kaotik
  • brianrebel
  • JosephJinx
    • +3
      JosephJinx  

    • "As part of a plea agreement, Nash waived an indictment last month and pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor. In exchange, prosecutors agreed not to pursue a felony charge of sexual assault by a police officer, which had a maximum sentence of life in prison."

      Rape or sexual assault by a police officer should NEVER HAVE A FUCKING PLEA BARGAIN. Rapists aren't gangs, you're not going to force one rapist to rat out the kingpin rapist, and rape is NOT something that can happen by mistake, with good intention, or in self-defense.

      He needs to not be allowed to serve on ANY force, EVER again. If we can't throw him in for up to at least half of his life, we should at least be able to have the peace of mind that these sort of douchebags can't just go be a police officer somewhere else.

      "Two days after the officer's arrest, a second person came forward to say he had also been raped by the officer in 2008. As part of the plea agreement, prosecutors won't pursue the second allegation, according to court documents."

      Aaaaand there goes my last sliver of faith in our justice system. Basically, this story says that as long as you have enough money, are in a position of legal authority, and have a good base of lawyers (oh, don't forget to do your job every once in a while which makes you seem like a hero, and don't forget to spawn six children) you can rape TWO people (among unmentioned "complications") and only get off with a year!

      Home of the brave, my ass.

    • 1 year ago
  • sati
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      sati  

    • how do so many f*cked up individuals become police officers, if we are to put guns/power into peoples hands maybe we should make sure they're physiological stable

    • 1 year ago
  • timetide
  • timetide
  • alexandrek
  • corndog67
  • keithponder
  • Incredulous
    • 0
      Incredulous  

    • somehow, having "been officer of the month a couple times" in Texas does not reassure me this man deserved the misdemeanor rather than the felony charge.

    • 1 year ago
  • bailey78
    • +2
      bailey78  

    • I see the Texas court system is useing the Catholic Church method to deal with police that are rapist. They send them out of town .

    • 1 year ago
  • ghostofamerica
  • noxidereus
    • +1
      noxidereus  

    • "Attorneys for Craig Nash, 39, had asked state District Judge Lori Valenzuela for deferred adjudication probation during the brief sentencing hearing, pointing out that he otherwise had been commended for his service during his six years with the department."

      Paraphrased: He's a good cop other than that time he raped someone.

      Sorry, but you can't use your "good cop" record to defend yourself when you're the ultimate hypocrite -- victimizing the citizens you are paid to protect and serve!

      Cops who break the law should be punished far more severely than ordinary citizens because of the abuse of the trust and power granted to them by the people.

      “A police officer who is a criminal does not deserve mercy from the system he serves to protect.” -- I agree 100% with this statement.

    • 1 year ago
  • littlwarrior
    • +3
      littlwarrior  

    • What a piece of shit and he only gets a year, so if you arrest someone and rape them, as long as your a cop thats fine. Fuck that, thats just fucked.

    • 1 year ago
  • EmperorThan
  • mitekillem
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      mitekillem  

    • In the US, if you're a cop, a celebrity, rich, or in Government, you get to commit crimes with little or no repercussions.

      i.e. In SC about a year back, a local "business man" ran his car off the road, and into a house, killing the occupant. The house was a good distance from the road. The victim and his killer had no relation, and it was deemed accidental.
      The businessman had previously been found guilty of DUI, twice, but served no time.
      It was possible that this time he had also been intoxicated, but that information was suppressed. I think the guy got 3 months of probation. --for killing someone.

      I mean, it's not like the victim, who was in his living room, moved his house in front of the car.

      http://www2.wspa.com/news/2010/aug/01/14/businessman-john-ludwig-charged-assault...

    • 1 year ago
  • Daena_Smith
  • toyotabedzrock
  • bailey78
  • floydyboy
  • danitassin
    • +3
      danitassin  

    • Things like this are why no-one respects cops. They all need lessons on leading by example. Poor excuses for human beings if you ask me.

    • 1 year ago
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