Altoona City Council fires a police officer charged with sexual abuse.
It happened at Wednesday night’s city council meeting.
Everyone there voted to fire Rick Johnson. Erik Cagle was the only council member not at the meeting.
Johnson is accused of having sex with a sixteen year old girl back in July.
According to the criminal complaint he picked the girl up in Indiana and took her to an Ohio motel to have sex. Then he brought her back to his house in Altoona. The two met on a police mentor website called policelink.com.
Johnson was originally suspended from the force.
He waived his preliminary hearing on September 8th. He’ll face charges of endangering the welfare of a child and corruption of a minor. At this point there's no word yet on a trial date.
When the case does go to trial the State Attorney General’s office will be prosecuting.
The Blair County District Attorney asked the state to step in so there would be no conflict of interest.
There’s still no word on whether or not Johnson will get his pension. That decision is up to the police pension board.
No one at city hall would comment on either the pension issue or his firing in general.
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Wednesday, August 06, 2008
Officer Arrested for Having Sex with 16-year old
ALTOONA, BLAIR COUNTY
An Altoona police officer is arrested, accused of having sex with a 16-year old girl.
State police say 49-year old Rick Johnson is accused of having sex a number of times with a teen from Indiana state. Police say the two met online and Johnson drove to Indiana to pick her up, before taking her to hotel in Ohio, and then his home in Altoona.
State police say the two met back in December on a site called policelink.com. It's like facebook or myspace, but for people interested in law enforcement.
They say the two began talking and at first, Johnson was like a mentor to the girl.
They say the girl even said 49-year old Johnson was like a dad to her. They say the girl and her family came to Altoona several times, in March, May, and the beginning of July.
Police say last Monday, Johnson picked up the girl from her home in Indiana. They say the girl had told Johnson she had developed feelings for him and wanted to lose her virginity to him.
Johnson then took her to a hotel in Ohio, and the two had sex.
Police say Johnson they took the girl to his home in Altoona and they had sex again. When we were in his neighborhood last week, neighbors told us Johnson's wife was out of town.
Police say the girl sent text messages to Johnson from her friend's phones because hers couldn't send him.
Those friends called police in Indiana, who called police in Altoona. That's when police went to Johnson's house and picked the girl up. They raided his home and found four condoms, a bed spread and bed sheets they are using as evidence.
Police say Johnson admitted to the crime.
He now faces charges of endangering the welfare of a child and corruption of a minor. Under our state's law he can't be charged with statutory rape because the girl is 16. He had a preliminary hearing and was released.
An Altoona police officer is arrested, accused of having sex with a 16-year old girl.
State police say 49-year old Rick Johnson is accused of having sex a number of times with a teen from Indiana state. Police say the two met online and Johnson drove to Indiana to pick her up, before taking her to hotel in Ohio, and then his home in Altoona.
State police say the two met back in December on a site called policelink.com. It's like facebook or myspace, but for people interested in law enforcement.
They say the two began talking and at first, Johnson was like a mentor to the girl.
They say the girl even said 49-year old Johnson was like a dad to her. They say the girl and her family came to Altoona several times, in March, May, and the beginning of July.
Police say last Monday, Johnson picked up the girl from her home in Indiana. They say the girl had told Johnson she had developed feelings for him and wanted to lose her virginity to him.
Johnson then took her to a hotel in Ohio, and the two had sex.
Police say Johnson they took the girl to his home in Altoona and they had sex again. When we were in his neighborhood last week, neighbors told us Johnson's wife was out of town.
Police say the girl sent text messages to Johnson from her friend's phones because hers couldn't send him.
Those friends called police in Indiana, who called police in Altoona. That's when police went to Johnson's house and picked the girl up. They raided his home and found four condoms, a bed spread and bed sheets they are using as evidence.
Police say Johnson admitted to the crime.
He now faces charges of endangering the welfare of a child and corruption of a minor. Under our state's law he can't be charged with statutory rape because the girl is 16. He had a preliminary hearing and was released.
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