Officers Rape Woman During Bachelor Party

AKRON

Akron police are investigating at least one of their own after a woman claims that an off-duty officer raped her during a bachelor party in downtown Akron.

The woman claims that she met the officers and others who were taking part in the party at a club near Canal Park Saturday night.

She told a 9-1-1 dispatcher that the men took her back to their room at the Radisson Hotel on West Mill Street where she claims she was raped just after 4 a.m. Sunday.

"Some guy just basically like raped me and came and got me and left me here," she told police about an hour later.

The woman didn't know the attacker's name and at one point told the dispatcher that all of the off-duty officers were named "Jim." She identified the men at the party and the attacker as being members of the Akron Police Department.

Investigators are now interviewing the off-duty officers and others who were at the bachelor party. The officer accused of rape was not the groom-to-be.

"It's under investigation," said Lt. Rick Edwards of the Akron Police Department. "At this point, the officer has been placed on paid administrative leave until the investigation has been completed."

The officer is 26 years old. The woman is 22 years old and lives in Wayne County.