1137: Alexander Kenoyer
Coercion, Sexual Assault
Alexander Kenoyer was a police detective in Cripple Creek, Colorado. He was accused of coercing a sex trafficking victim to have sex with him. In a sane world, this would be called rape.
Tag: Law Enforcement
1134: Joshua Harris
Child Molestation, Child Rape, Incest
Joshua Harris was a deputy sheriff in Wibaux County, Montana. In November, 2022, he was arrested and charged with eight counts of incest, two counts of sexual assault, and one count of sexual intercourse without consent. In a plea agreement, he pled guilty to two counts of incest with two children under the age of sixteen and one count of sexual intercourse without consent with one child under sixteen.
1124: Joel Womochil
Child Sexual Abuse Material
Joel Justice Womochil was the Chief of Police in Burns, Kansas until he resigned a few days before his arrest for possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material. He was charged with thirteen felony counts. One of the videos was with a child under five, so young they had a pacifier. The investigation that led to his arrest was initiated by a tip from the National Center for Missing and Sexually Exploited Children.
1123: Daniel Waddington
Child Sexual Abuse Material, Nonconsensual Recording
Daniel Waddington is a former police officer and a former Department of Homeland Security employee. Until recently, he was a Utah Valley University adjunct professor of Criminal Justice. On August 3, 2023, he was arrested for attempted sexual exploitation of a minor and possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material. He was filming a 13-year-old girl in the shower. She saw the phone and informed an adult. He, at first, said he just set the phone down while checking on a barking dog, then he said he was trying to record her singing – audio only.
1122: Jose Tirado
Enabling
Jose Tirado was a Seminole County Deputy until they learned he was using his access to investigation information to warn people that were on their way to meet a police officer who pretended to be an underage girl online so they could avoid being caught soliciting a minor.
1116: Ray Uttaro
Child Indecency, Child Molestation, Child Rape, Child Sexual Abuse Material, Coercion, Grooming, Kidnapping, Menacing, Rape, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Sexual Battery
Raymond Uttaro worked for Nelson County Sheriff’s Office in Virginia as a jailer and a D.A.R.E. officer. D.A.R.E is a program that works with children to teach them strategies for resisting bad choices regarding drugs, gangs, and other violence. A young boy came forward and described what was done to him. He also said Uttaro…
1092: John Dizon
Child Rape
Dizon was charged with Predatory Sexual Assault Against a Child, Criminal Sexual Act in the First Degree, Rape in the First Degree and Sexual Abuse in the First Degree. He is held without bail.
1072: Erickson Lee
Abuse of Power or Authority, Child Endangerment, Child Indecency, Child Molestation, Grooming, Sexual Battery
Erickson Lee was a police officer in Cornelius, South Carolina, and a youth leader at Morningstar Ministries, leading their Young Special Forces. Lee started the program and ran it. That was where he allegedly met and groomed the boys. He invited him to his home, provided alcohol, showed them pornographic movies and touched them without consent, according to the police. The boys were from 14 to 17 years old.
1065: William Lee Lawshe – Charges Dropped
Uncategorized
William Lee Lawshe was a Florida Fish and Wildlife officer. He was named FWC Officer of the Year and then in 2014 was named the national Officer of the Year by the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies after rescuing a man trapped in a swamp for days. When the police contacted him, he resigned before he was fired.
All charges have been dropped and he is suing.
1063: Jacob Desormeaux
Child Endangerment, Child Indecency
Jacob Desormeaux was a Lafayette, Louisiana, police officer. He was arrested in April, 2023, for allegedly showing a video with sexual content to two minors. He was suspended and his police authority revoked. Desormeaux was previously disciplined for turning off his body cam before a “tussle” with a civilian at a restaurant who had an “unauthorized cup.” He was suspended for twenty days without pay then. He turned off his body camera five times in 2020.