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Subscribe to RSSKANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A 13-year veteran of the Kansas City Police Department is behind bars after allegedly having sex with two women in exchange for not arresting them, NBC station kshb.com reported.
Officer Jeffrey Holmes turned himself in on Monday. He is facing two felony counts of acceding to corruption by a public servant.
When the investigation began in April, he was taken off patrol and moved into an administrative assignment.
When the second victim came forward in May, he was suspended with pay. Now that he’s been charged, he is suspended without pay.
According to court documents, the first victim who came forward said that Holmes raped her at the Extended Stay on 105th Street in Kansas City, Mo.
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The woman told police that he threatened to bust her for prostitution if she didn't have sex with him. She said he was dressed in a uniform with a gun.
At first, the victim thought Holmes was a security guard -- until she recognized him when she went to South Patrol to file a police report that her car had been stolen.
The victim and a hotel clerk identified Holmes during a line-up.
The second victim who came forward told police that Holmes asked her if she was a prostitute, and then forced her to take him back to her room at the A-1 Motel on 87th Street.
'Very good day'
She told officers he threatened to arrest her for marijuana she had in the room if she didn't have sex with him. She said he was wearing a KCPD uniform at the time.
Jean Peters Baker, Jackson County prosecutor, said Holmes was off-duty when both incidents allegedly occurred.
"It's extremely disappointing and it's actually infuriating, but it's also [a] very good day when someone like that who wears the blue uniform and carried the badge no longer will,” Baker said. “We don't want an individual like that in the department, and I know (Kansas City Police) Chief Forté shares that opinion as well."
Baker said the women will not face any prostitution or drug charges.
"The conduct we are most concerned with here is a police officer who, in exchange for a benefit, got women to do things that he wouldn't have otherwise," she said.
Holmes is being held on a $25,000 bond.
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i have several police friends who i have breakfast with every saturday and they are pretty cool, but some of them do look down on me because im a civilian. also, i would never call a cop who is minutes away to help with a problem which will be over in seconds
Hey, every job has to have its "perks".
We live in a "SICK" Society,,,and we know it or should learn to know and except it,,,,No one is sacred,,,Oh we have Politicians, breaking Laws and feeding their own agendas,,,and it gets worse, we have priests, ministers,pastors or whatever they are called screwing our children in the places that is supposed to be sanctuaries,,,and we have Cops,,and they uphold the laws,,,and everyone knows by the recent events including Cops that they are less and less likely to be your on Earth saviours as they are to help,,,,It is getting sick out there and I would never want to bring Children into this world knowing where the world is headed..You can't trust anyone,Period these days,,,,So when you call a cop,,call your Gov. official, call a priest, or anyone who is supposed to be above the sickness for help,,,,Be prepared you could be in for much more than planned,,and then who do you call,,,,,,,,,,,,,Stay as far away from TRUST when ever possible and you can call that looking out yourself. It's a sad day but it's here and we need to deal with it by self protection at all times///////So sorry world.....Maybe next Planet,,if we make it there!,,,,ZZAR
It was an assault with a friendly weapon
Finally, they caught ONE cops doing this..ha ha.. its done all over the place and women will do it out of fear and the cops know it..
Hookers forced to have sex. What next, bankers forced to make loans? WTF?
Who says there is no such thing as a free lunch. These girls are paid to eat and run.
Talk about perks of the trade; they will never go for want of nutrition.
I get the feeling that KC is trying to say that they are going to work this case even though these women are drug addicted hookers. Nothing in this story would indicate that these women were criminals. Such inference is a vailed attempt to notice the women that a subsequent lawsuit will be ugly. If this clown were left to his own devices he would eventually rape businesswomen and teens. KC needs to treat this as a crime on an innocent and stop with the inference. Let the state police investigate and prosecute if you can't be professional about it.
I knowd this dude before he was a cop, he was pimpin all over town, his name was Mr. F
fire him and make him pay restitution then aresst him for solicitation a prostitute
"Baker said the women will not face any prostitution or drug charges." - For now, it's just a matter of time.