A former Ohio state trooper who admitted to coercing four women into
sex acts if he looked the other way on traffic tickets was sentenced to
five years in prison Thursday.Bryan D. Lee, 31, admitted he had sex with four women during his eight year career in law enforcement — and some of his victims were sexually assaulted while they were under arrest and handcuffed.
The disgraced cop pleaded guilty to four counts of violating the civil rights of female motorists and one count of engaging in cyber stalking in October.
Lee admitted in court that he coerced the four women into sex acts on the condition he would not file criminal charges or write traffic tickets against his victims or their friends. Authorities said he also harassed and threatened some of the victims, including sending a threatening electronic messages to one woman he pulled over twice in one month.
"Saw you at the fair, Pink Sweatshirt," he wrote the victim on Facebook. "You not even going to talk to me?"
The charges also included Lee asking one woman he pulled over if he could take a topless picture of her. He then had sex with her by an abandoned gas station after he tore up the traffic ticket. He also allowed motorists who appeared to be drunk to drive off without an arrest.
Police launched an investigation after reviewing dashcam footage of multiple stops. Lee's conversations did not appear to be work related, authorities said.
The investigation was started two years after a woman complained that Lee turned off his body microphone during a stop, groped her breasts while she was handcuffed and rubbed his genitals against her. The woman issued a complaint but police sided with Lee and considered filing charges against her for making false statements, it was reported.
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