Policeman Accused of Raping 4 Indicted

[WhiteTara]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/10/AR2006081000799.html
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -- A police sergeant accused of raping four women since 2002 was charged in a grand jury indictment unsealed Thursday with 35 counts, including multiple attacks on three of the victims.
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Pelo was first arrested in June and charged with attempting to break into a woman's home in the middle of the night. At the time, he was wearing a black T-shirt and shorts and told an officer he was out looking for a home for his mother-in-law, officials said.

Police have said they found a mask, pry bar and other items in Pelo's home that appeared to have been used in at least one of the assaults. Prosecutors said three of the accusers identified him from photo lineups and two identified him by voice.
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The charges against him include home invasion and aggravated unlawful restraint involving two of the women. The charges allege he was armed with a gun or knife in those attacks. He faces intimidation charges in one attack because he allegedly threatened to harm the woman's family if she contacted police.

Pelo, a 17-year veteran, is on paid administrative leave and still collecting his $81,000 annual salary. City officials say they opted to continue paying Pelo to spare the alleged victims from testifying in a disciplinary hearing as well as criminal proceedings.

He's probably a repuke

[LostinVA]

1. I lost my mind and dated a cop for three years

Now, I know not all cops are whackos, but I can tell you this: she, and most of her po9lice-mates were walking a fine line between being law enforcement and being a criminal. Stopping cars because an interracial couple were in it (ala "Crash"), not arresting a buddy when they caught him in a prostitution ring, keeping drugs they confiscated from some kids in a car, listening in to private phone calls via a little scanner, running plates on good looking girls so they could get their personal info. Three of them beat the hell out of their wives and it was shushed up so they wouldn't lose their badge. I ahd to leave a job and move from the state after my own breaking off of the relationship, because my ex and her buddies were harassing me.

It was disgusting.

I went into the relationship with no very negative views of cops. I came out with something else.