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Robert Anderson Strickland

Familial Abuse & Violence, Hostile Workplace, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment

R. A. Strickland or Andy Strickland was the Republican sheriff of Colleton County, South Carolina, was charged with domestic violence after punching a family member in the face several times. A year later, he was charged with more than a dozen offenses including official misconduct, using his position for financial gain and sex, use of public fund to influence an election, distribution of drugs, and embezzlement.

414: John Jones

Child Sexual Abuse Material, Rape

In 2019, woman called the police from his home. She claimed that she had attended a party at Jones’ home the night before. The woman claimed he took her out on an ATV and raped her out in the woods. Jones claimed it was consensual. A judge dismissed her application for a protective order because he didn’t think she was convincing though the woman went to an Emergency Room where they identified trauma to her body.

408: Jefferey Short

Child Molestation, Child Rape

Jeffrey Short was an Asher, Oklahoma, city councilman and a former ICE agent. He was indicted for the rape of two minor children. He was arrested the day after the parents reported the assaults to the police. In 2008, the Department of Homeland Security substantiated that a different child, a 14-year-old claimed he preyed on her. Allegedly, he showed sexual exploitation to minors in his ICE office. He was never charged with those incidents.

113: Eddie Frankum

Sexual Harassment

Eddie Frankum was the police chief of Pelican Bay, Texas, when he decided to run for county sheriff in another county. However, a grand jury indicted him with illegally detaining a woman and two counts of sexual harassment by touching. He was accused by two women of touching them inappropriately during arrest searches. My Plainview:…

87: Don Haidl

Enabling, Rape Culture

Don Haidl was Assistant Sheriff in Orange County when his son and two friends gang-raped an unconscious sixteen-year-old girl. The rape was videotaped by them. It was incredibly vicious. She went to the police and Don Haidl used his position as Assistant Sheriff to shame and attack the victim in the press.

78: Joshua Dickens

Familial Abuse & Violence, Sexual Assault

Joshua Dickens was elected constable in Faulkner County. In a jealous rage, he kidnapped a woman and tortured her, burning her with a cigarette lighter and beating her. He held her four and a half hours until she lied, confessing to seeing someone else, in hopes he would release her. He was convicted of torture,…

69: John David Roy Atchison

Solicitation of a Minor

J. D. Roy Atchison was the U.S. Attorney for northern Florida when he flew to Michigan after e-mailing with a mother who was offering her five-year-old daughter to be sexually abused. He reassured the mother, “I’m always gentle and loving, not to worry, I’ve done it plenty” and told her to tell the child he…

753: Jim Hammond

Enabling, Organizational Cover-Up, Rape Culture, Uncategorized

Jim Hammond is the Sheriff of Hamilton County, TN. He has created a culture of impunity, protecting deputies who rape and assault the public. One of his deputies has been indicted on 44 charges including rape, assault, and stalking. But this deputy did some of his worst crimes with other deputies. For example, Deputy Daniel…

31: Paul Ingram

Child Abuse, Child Rape

Paul Ingram was the Republican Party Chairman in Thurston County, Washington. He was also the Chief Civilian Deputy of the sheriff’s department. He was accused of rape by his two daughters and his son. He confessed and was sentenced to twenty years. This is a strange and problematic case. His confession included talk of satanic…

704: Dennis Perkins

Child Abuse, Child Molestation, Child Rape, Child Sexual Abuse Material, Rape

Dennis Perkins, 45, is facing 150 felony charges that allege rape, child pornography, sexual battery of a child, and video voyeurism. His wife, Cynthia Perkins, and former lover, Melanie Curtin, have already pleaded guilty to various crimes they committed with Perkins. Perkins is a former Sheriff’s lieutenant and head of the Livingston Parish SWAT team…