Atlanta,GA
Atlanta police officer Wayne Longe is accused of sexually assaulting a woman he’d arrested for public drunkenness. The Fulton County Grand Jury indicted him Friday afternoon.
The case has been going on for four years -- ever since a woman claimed Longe arrested her for public drunkenness, drove her to a nearby park and raped her.
Longe's attorney said that sex did happen but that it was consensual.
The grand jury did not indict Longe on rape charges but it did indict him on charges of sexual assault on a person in custody and violation of oath of office.
Longe's attorney, Jackie Patterson, told WSB-TV Channel 2 his client would be found innocent. "We will certainly assert that sex did occur, there's no dispute on that. But she was not in custody and obviously it was not rape because he was not indicted on that charge," said Patterson.
The Atlanta Police Department released a statement that said, "The Atlanta Police Department is in full cooperation with the District Attorney's Office. We do not condone any behavior associated with these allegations. These allegations are against everything our department stands for and will be dealt with swiftly and appropriately."
Longe is currently on administrative leave. He was being held in the Fulton County Jail on $50,000 bond.
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