Ex-Clerk Gets 2 Years for Coerced Court Sex; Ex-Guard Gets 30 Years for Cuffed Inmate Rape
Posted Dec 17, 2010 08:34 pm CST
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James Burke, 43, also lost his $84,000-a-year job at Chelsea District Court after his arrest last year, the Boston Globe reported.
One of the victims told the judge at sentencing yesterday that Burke stalked her repeatedly after she was arrested on a prostitution charge, then sexually assaulted her while she was at the courthouse last year. She said he forced her into downstairs room and sat on her, threatening that she would remain in jail if she didn’t comply, the newspaper recounts.
“I absolutely did not consent to this action,’’ she testified at sentencing. “The brutality of it was shocking to me. Even though I had worked on the streets on occasion, nothing compared to the humiliation and powerlessness that I felt.’’
Burke allegedly coerced another victim into performing oral sex, in exchange for a promise that her prostitution case would be dismissed, and then reneged.
MEANWHILE IN FLORIDA
In Florida, a former Broward County Sheriff’s deputy working as a corrections officer was sentenced to 30 years after being convicted of kidnapping and two counts of sexual battery by a person in authority.
His victim testified at trial that he dropped off two other women he was transporting from one jail to another, took her to a remote location and, while she was still handcuffed, forced her to perform oral sex and then raped her, reports the Sun-Sentinel.
a person in "authority"
Would that be like a teacher having his way - allegedly - with a woman at a certain high school?
DID IT GET SWEPT UNDER THE RUG?
Ask Roy Belson this coming Monday night when Belson is going after a woman, allegedly, and her job.
