Teen Says Cop Made Her Strip

[Aesop Rocks]

SALT LAKE CITY (CN) - A sheriff's deputy made a 17-year-old girl strip for him in his squad car so he could "check for a vaginal piercing" after falsely telling her she was wanted on an out-of-state warrant on a heroin charge, the teen says in Federal Court.
T.R., now 18, says that after she reported what Box Elder County sheriff's Deputy Scott R. Womack had done, a Box Elder County "victim's advocate" told her: "'Don't bother reporting this, because these things happen all the time, and nothing ever becomes of them.'"
T.R. says Womack pulled over the car in which she was a passenger on Nov. 20, 2010, allegedly for speeding. After forcing all three girls in the car to "stand barefoot on the snowy roadside and lift up their shirts and pull their bras away from their bodies," he took their ID to his cruiser, allegedly to check for warrants, the complaint states.
T.R. says Womack returned and told her she was wanted on "an outstanding warrant for a heroin violation in Arizona." T.R., knowing she had never been to Arizona and never touched heroin, protested.
Womack told her "he was not able to show [her] the warrant because he had 'logged off.' He told [her] that if he tried to access the warrant again, it would alert officials in Arizona, requiring him to arrest her," the complaint states.
"Womack told [T.R.] that she had two options: either to be arrested and go to jail for booking and processing, or to get in his car and be searched for certain tattoos and piercings. Not wanting to be arrested and taken to jail, and believing Womack's statements regarding the necessity of a search because he was a uniformed officer of the law, [T.R.] reluctantly chose the latter option.
"Womack placed [her] in the passenger seat of his patrol car and instructed her to remove her clothing. In obedience to the uniformed officer's commands, [T.R.] did indeed remove her slippers, shorts, underwear, and shirt.
"Womack then informed [T.R.] he needed to check for a vaginal piercing. [T.R.] refused to spread her legs for him. Womack then told her to get dressed and return to the car."
Womack gave the car's male driver a "warning citation" for speeding and let the group go, but never filed an official copy of the citation with the sheriff's office, the complaint states.
T.R. says she visited a police station in June "to check on the alleged 'Arizona warrant' Womack had mentioned," and found there was no such warrant, for her or for anyone else with her name.
She says she then contacted county authorities to report Womack's actions, and "had a discussion with a victim's advocate from the county, who told [her], in substance, 'Don't bother reporting this, because these things happen all the time, and nothing ever becomes of them.'"
She says she submitted a complaint to the sheriff anyway.
T.R. says she suffered shock, humiliation, and severe emotional distress, and that Womack's actions "instilled in her a significant and continuing fear of law enforcement officers."
She sued Womack, Box Elder County and its Sheriff J. Lynn Yeates.
She seeks punitive damages for civil rights and constitutional violations, including illegal search, seizure and detention, and failure to train or supervise.
She is represented by Robert Sykes.
Box Elder County, a remote area north and west of the Great Salt Lake, has its seat in Brigham City.

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lolwut

 

[Midnyte_Sun]

Can't they request a female to do this instead of a male?

 

[Aesop Rocks]

That's all you're worrying about?

 

[THE MR. TERRIFIC]

Can't they request a female to do this instead of a male?

That's the point. He only did it because he's a ****ing perv!

 

[Kar]

LOL! I can't believe the guy said "don't bother reporting this".

 

[enterthemadness]

LOL! I can't believe the guy said "don't bother reporting this".

This story...just....no words...

 

[Bim]

I dont even know what to say. Disgusting is the only word i can come up with right now

 

[Hotwire]

While I'm not doubting the story, I am curious as to why she waited seven months to say or do anything.

That always puzzles me with stories like this. Something happens and no one says anything until months later. Why wait?

 

[Bnightwing]

While I'm not doubting the story, I am curious as to why she waited seven months to say or do anything.

That always puzzles me with stories like this. Something happens and no one says anything until months later. Why wait?

And while it's fresh on your mind too.

 

[DoomsdayApex]

Fear.

For instance, when I use to live in Lake Worth, the police department there was 90% corrupt. Cops would bust into houses without warrants, decimate suspects or criminals behind department stores for info, kidnap suspected illegal immigrants and destroy public property just for the hell of it. Incidentally, a moderate number of those cops were thugs and gangbangers in High School.

My investigation was thrown out the window when I went to city hall. You can't report anything over here. There's no point.

 

[Bnightwing]

Fear.

For instance, when I use to live in Lake Worth, the police department there was 90% corrupt. Cops would bust into houses without warrants, decimate suspects or criminals behind department stores for info, kidnap suspected illegal immigrants and destroy public property just for the hell of it. Incidentally, a moderate number of those cops were thugs and gangbangers in High School.

My investigation was thrown out the window when I went to city hall. You can't report anything over here. There's no point.

All I can say is. Wow.

 

[chamber-music]

Not surprised sure there are a few dirty cops out there

 

[Hotwire]

Fear.

For instance, when I use to live in Lake Worth, the police department there was 90% corrupt. Cops would bust into houses without warrants, decimate suspects or criminals behind department stores for info, kidnap suspected illegal immigrants and destroy public property just for the hell of it. Incidentally, a moderate number of those cops were thugs and gangbangers in High School.

My investigation was thrown out the window when I went to city hall. You can't report anything over here. There's no point.

That's when you get the state involved.

 

[DoomsdayApex]

That's when you get the state involved.

I sent my findings to Tallahassee, but I'm willing to assume that the state ignored my investigation. I only had a few golden bars of evidence.

Although they recently hired and placed a Sheriff in the department, the Sheriff himself has a shady history with corruption.

 

[Teelie]

I can't decide if I believe whether this really happened or not. Police are notorious for covering for their own but people also use that to their advantage to make claims of police abuse when it never happened.

Either way this kind of story is a sad accounting of how poorly perceived the police are in many communities. If they're known for being good, upstanding officers who don't allow corruption it's less likely you'll have these stories crop up. Where the police are less than they should be it's more likely we don't hear nearly as often how bad they truly are.

 

[Hotwire]

I sent my findings to Tallahassee, but I'm willing to assume that the state ignored my investigation. I only had a few golden bars of evidence.

Although they recently hired and placed a Sheriff in the department, the Sheriff himself has a shady history with corruption.

And if it happened to you or your girlfriend?

 

[Midnyte_Sun]

That's all you're worrying about?

Yeah, I probably should have read the whole article.

 

[socool]

Vaginal piercings? He couldn't think of a better excuse?

****ing perv.

 

[Bnightwing]

Even if she had vaginal piercings, why would it matter to him?

 

[Kar]

Any pictures of the girls?

Just curious...

 

[Teelie]

Her name is being protected so posting her picture would defeat the purpose.

 

[Ultra Lantern]

Can't they request a female to do this instead of a male?

A female police officer should have been present.He was just being a perv.

 

[Brain Damage]

Any pictures of the girls?

Just curious...

..............

But seriously. If this is true, well, it's screwed up. Although it doesn't surprise me that it happens all the time. But jeez, when she was told not to bother reporting it reminded of something out of a Frank Miller story.

 

[Mace Bloodstone]

This is when you need a video recording of the cop with an ipod or cell phone. Or at least audio of the conversation.

 

[Ultra Lantern]

This is when you need a video recording of the cop with an ipod or cell phone. Or at least audio of the conversation.

Having proof of it will defanately get people to notice.