Sunday, March 22, 2009

Former Deputy LeRoy Svoboda Charged with Having Sex with Mentally Retarded Woman

A former Greeley County Sheriff's Deputy and police officer in Ord Nebraska is accused in court documents of having sex with a mentally retarded woman who later gave birth to his child.

LeRoy Svoboda was charged last week in Hall County with first-degree sexual assault, but details of the case were not released.

An affidavit filed in the case says the 67-year-old Svoboda had sex with the woman in his former residence in Ord. She gave birth to a daughter on Jan. 26, and DNA testing showed Svoboda was the father.

A psychologist says in court documents that the 28-year-old woman is vulnerable and cannot give her consent for sex.

If convicted, Svoboda faces up to 50 years in prison.

Svoboda had been in law enforcement for more than 35 years.

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