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TEXAS

TWO OFFICERS CONVICTED IN ABUSE OF BOY

NOVEMBER 23, 2000       KVUE  (Channel - 24)
The Dallas Morning News
WAXAHACHIE -- An Ellis County jury on Wednesday found two DeSoto police
officers guilty of beating and sexually torturing a 13-year-old boy in their
care. Foreman Caleb Pirtle said the jury voted to convict the Ransoms, both
56, because they forced the boy to wear an anal probe, a device originally
prescribed by a doctor in 1993 to help the boy overcome incontinence caused
by sexual abuse by his birth father.
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TENNESSEE

FORMER SCHOOL POLICE OFFICER FACES ACCUSERS

NOVEMBER 22, 2000      WSMV  (Channel 4)
NASHVILLE - A grand jury will hear the case of a deputy accused of having sex
with elementary students. Former Rutherford County Sheriff's Deputy and
School Resource Officer
Michael J. Young was back in court Wednesday. He faced his accusers for the
first time at this preliminary hearing. Three of them were minors, who went
to Barfield Elementary School, where young worked.
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L O C A L   N E W S     -   OREGON

CORRECTIONS OFFICER RECIEVES NO JAIL TIME IN SEX ABUSE CASE

OCTOBER 31, 2000         ABC - (Channel 2)
(Salem-AP) -- A Marion County judge has ruled that treatment was more
appropriate than imprisonment for a former corrections officer who sexually
abused three teenage girls in 1997.
Michael Cody Martin, who worked at Hillcrest Youth Correctional Facility, was
placed on five years probation provided he comply with a variety of
conditions, including sex offender treatment and having no contact with
girls.
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L O C A L   N E W S     -   OREGON

BANDON POLICE OFFICER RESIGNS AFTER TEEN SEX VIDEO SURFACES

OCTOBER 31, 2000        ABC  (Channel 2)
Bandon-(AP) The discovery of a sexually explicit video involving four
teenagers in the Bandon Police Department "Explorers" program has led to the
arrest of a police officer on sexual charges involving a 17-year-old
Explorer.
On Friday, Michael Lee Peters, 30, was arrested for sodomy, sexual misconduct
and sex abuse involving the teenaged girl Explorer. Peters is a seven-year
veteran of the Bandon Police Department, based in a town of 2,800 south of
Coos Bay.
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L O C A L   N E W S    -   OREGON

FORMER DEPUTY FACES PRISON FOR CHILD SEX ABUSE

May 18, 2000      KGW  (Channel 8)
A former Washington County sheriff's deputy has been sentenced to more than
11 years in prison for sexually abusing a girl in a daycare at his home.
Robert William Morrissey, 45, was convicted of abusing the girl when she was
between the ages of 17 months and 5 years. He was arrested in April 1999 and
fired from the sheriff's office in June 1999 after 15 years as a patrol
deputy, mostly on the graveyard shift.
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 L O C A L   N E W S    -   OREGON / WASH

DEPUTY ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ABUSING TEENAGE GIRL

May 29, 2000     KGW   (Channel 8)
A Clark County Washington sheriff's deputy is accused of sexual abuse
involving a 17-year-old girl. He is now facing charges in a Portland court.
Forty-year-old Robert Orr is accused of misdemeanor sexual abuse and
contributing to the delinquency of a minor. A Portland Police spokesman says
the girl is from Vancouver, Washington.
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L O C A L  N E W S    -    OREGON

PROSECUTORS DROP ASSAULT CHARGES AGAINST PEPPER SPRAYER

JULY 9, 2000         ABC   (Channel 2)
Prosecutors dropped an assault charge today against Parkrose School Board
member Jennifer Young. She pepper sprayed a 15 year old student in the face
because she thought she was a prostitute.
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L O C A L  N E W S    -    WASHINGTON

SEXUAL ABUSE CHARGES DROPPED AGAINST VANCOUVER MAYOR'S SON

JULY 9, 2000         ABC   (Channel 2)
Sexual abuse charges against Royce Pollard Jr. the grown son of Vancouver
Mayor Royce Pollard, were dropped because the 15 year old who brought the
allegations against him will not testify out of fear. She said Pollard told
her if she talked, he would chop her up and feed her to the fish.
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  TO SERVE AND PROTECT - (should be changed) - TO PERVE AND NEGLECT
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