An ex-police captain in Virginia can be going through zero jail time after making an attempt to rape a minor.
Christopher Lee Caldwell used to work for the Radford City Police Department as Police Captain however was pressured to resign from his place final 12 months when a state investigation into him was opened up. Reportedly, he stop simply minutes after he was positioned on go away — resulting from disturbing allegations in opposition to him involving a minor. According to court docket docs, the previous officer despatched suggestive textual content messages to a teenage boy, saying they need to have intercourse as soon as he turned 18.
Yep. An precise groomer. Shockingly, not a drag queen in any respect! Crazy how that simply… retains… occurring…
The 47-year-old Pulaski resident entered a no contest plea and was convicted on a misdemeanor cost of tried consensual intercourse with a minor age 15 or older, which landed him a diminished sentence. He beforehand was charged with a felony of utilizing a telephone, laptop or different system to sexually solicit a minor — however these costs have been dropped. It’s unclear why, however with this nation’s historical past of giving police a slap on the wrist, it’s sadly no shock!
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Caldwell was formally sentenced to 60 days in jail however the complete time period was suspended, and now he’s on supervised probation for a 12 months. Per the decide’s orders, he’s not allowed to have contact with the minor or their household, he’ll be evaluated for substance abuse and should full remedy, and he’s not allowed to have unsupervised contact with any underaged youngsters apart from his personal. That’s good, however…
ZERO PRISON TIME?? He gained’t spend a day inside. He’s not even going to need to put his identify on the intercourse offender registry, both!
This whole scenario isn’t the primary crime an RCPD officer has been caught up in — and sadly, with this court docket’s historical past of dealing with these items, it most likely gained’t be the final. Former Lt. Robert Andrew Wilburn was discovered responsible of a misdemeanor cost of malfeasance in 2021, whereas former college useful resource officer Mark Wright Mills was charged initially of this 12 months with assault and battery in opposition to a member of the family and stopping a 911 name. Mills’ listening to goes to be subsequent month.
In an e mail assertion despatched out Thursday, present RCPD Chief Jeff Dodson mentioned of the fees in opposition to his officers:
“Those who are willing to tarnish their badge, their oath of office, and the law enforcement code of ethics no longer deserve to wear the badge. [The officers’ violations] are disappointing, uncomfortable and never something that you want to happen within your agency … When allegations are founded, those responsible will be held accountable according to established policy and/or law.”
He additionally went on so as to add the workplace will “continue to fully investigate all complaints involving employees within our department” earlier than including that each one 42 sworn-in officers “hold each other to a very high standard and know that if we break the law, we will be held accountable.”
Yeah, proper! Who’s being “held accountable”?? This man tried to groom a child, and he’s strolling! What the hell sort of “high standard” is that??
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