MIAMI – A Miami-Dade police lieutenant and high-ranking union member was booked into a Palm Beach County jail late Friday on rape charges, records show. Lt. John Jenkins , who last week resigned as as executive vice president of the South Florida Police Benevolent Association, is charged with two counts of sexual battery, according to Palm Beach Sheriff’s jail booking log. An arrest report .
Florida police lieutenant arrested on rape charges
May 8, 2021 GMT
MIAMI (AP) A Miami-Dade police lieutenant who was also a high-ranking member of a police union has been arrested on rape charges.
The Miami Herald reports the alleged incident took place last month at a police union gala in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
Jail records show John Jenkins was arrested late Friday on two counts of sexual battery. He was released Saturday.
The newspaper says Jenkins resigned last week as executive vice president of the South Florida Police Benevolent Association.
“I’m shocked and extremely disturbed by the charges,” the union president Steadman Stahl told the newspaper on Saturday.
Tallahassee Sues to Reveal Names of Police Officers Involved in Use-of-Force Incidents
The City of Tallahassee, Florida, is challenging a state constitutional amendment that bolsters crime victims’ rights by curbing the state’s open-records laws.
Florida’s First District Court of Appeal ruled on April 6 in the case that the amendment, which shields the identities of crime victims, covers police officers who are victims of crime.
Tallahassee officials argue the ruling has the effect of interfering with the ability of the public to hold police accountable in a state renowned for its laws guaranteeing public access to government records.
The appeal comes less than a month after the U.S. Department of Justice decided not to pursue criminal charges against the still-unidentified U.S. Capitol Police officer involved in the fatal shooting of 35-year-old Ashli Babbitt during the security breach at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, while Congress was in the process of officially certifyi
Florida Supreme Court
A legal battle about whether a 2018 constitutional amendment known as “Marsy’s Law” can shield the identities of police officers went to the Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday.
The city of Tallahassee filed a notice that is a first step in asking the Supreme Court to decide whether the constitutional amendment, which is designed to bolster crime victims’ rights, can apply to police officers who were threatened in use-of-force incidents.
A three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal last month sided with two Tallahassee police officers, who argued that, as victims, they were entitled to privacy protections included in Marsy’s Law.
State Supreme Court hears Marsyâs Law challenge By Jim Saunders | May 5, 2021 at 6:35 AM EDT - Updated May 5 at 6:35 AM
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WWSB) - A legal battle about whether a 2018 constitutional amendment known as âMarsyâs Lawâ can shield the identities of police officers went to the Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday.
The city of Tallahassee filed a notice that is a first step in asking the Supreme Court to decide whether the constitutional amendment, which is designed to bolster crime victimsâ rights, can apply to police officers who were threatened in use-of-force incidents.
A three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal last month sided with two Tallahassee police officers, who argued that, as victims, they were entitled to privacy protections included in Marsyâs Law.