A former Amboy and Vernon Center police officer didn’t enter a plea during his first court appearance Friday for a gross misdemeanor charge of misconduct of a public official.
Steven Patrick Boyle, 23, of Austin is accused of pulling a prank where he faked the arrest of an 18-year-old woman, then having her flash her breasts to avoid arrest. Other friends of the woman were allegedly in on the prank.
Boyle resigned from his position as a part-time police officer with the Amboy and Vernon Center department Friday.
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Monday, August 25, 2008
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UPDATE: Officer Charged in Prank Gone Wrong
An Austin resident working as a police officer for the Amboy/Vernon Center Police Department has been charged with misconduct after allegedly asking a teenage girl to flash her breasts to avoid arrest for drinking, according to the Star Tribune.
Steven P. Boyle has been charged with one gross misdemeanor count of misconduct of a public official by the Blue Earth County Attorney’s Office.
According to the Tribune, the criminal complaint said the incident occurred the night of July 4 at Pumpkinland near Vernon Center.
Boyle allegedly told a sheriff’s investigator he’d been contacted earlier by the young woman’s friend, who’d requested he play a prank of her.
The Tribune said he approached a camper at the farm market and pretended to question the group there. The young girl fled, the report said, though Boyle soon caught her and administered a preliminary breath test.
She failed, and was handcuffed and placed in his squad car.
The Tribune said fellow campers suggested Boyle allow her to show her breasts to avoid transport to jail.
She agreed after Boyle allegedly approached her with the idea, and showed her breasts surrounded by others at a campfire after her handcuffs were removed, according to the Tribune.
She was allegedly told the situation was a joke immediately following.
Boyle is scheduled to appear Aug. 22. The maximum penalty for his crime is one year in prison and/or a $3,000 fine.
Steven P. Boyle has been charged with one gross misdemeanor count of misconduct of a public official by the Blue Earth County Attorney’s Office.
According to the Tribune, the criminal complaint said the incident occurred the night of July 4 at Pumpkinland near Vernon Center.
Boyle allegedly told a sheriff’s investigator he’d been contacted earlier by the young woman’s friend, who’d requested he play a prank of her.
The Tribune said he approached a camper at the farm market and pretended to question the group there. The young girl fled, the report said, though Boyle soon caught her and administered a preliminary breath test.
She failed, and was handcuffed and placed in his squad car.
The Tribune said fellow campers suggested Boyle allow her to show her breasts to avoid transport to jail.
She agreed after Boyle allegedly approached her with the idea, and showed her breasts surrounded by others at a campfire after her handcuffs were removed, according to the Tribune.
She was allegedly told the situation was a joke immediately following.
Boyle is scheduled to appear Aug. 22. The maximum penalty for his crime is one year in prison and/or a $3,000 fine.
Officer Charged in Prank Gone Wrong
A Southern Minnesota police officer says it was a prank, but it's one that could cost him his job.
The Amboy Minnesota police officer is also a native of Austin.
23-year-old Steven Boyle has been suspended and charged with a gross misdemeanor.
He allegedly questioned a group of people who were drinking.
Then he handcuffed a woman and put her in his squad car.
He then said he would release her if she showed him her breasts.
The 18-year-old woman didn't know it was a prank so she flashed him in exchange for her release.
Boyle is charged with misconduct of a public official.
We tried to get a comment from Boyle at his home in Austin.
We knocked on the door, but no one would answer.
The Minnesota Board of Peace Officer standards and training will review the case.
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Doesn't sound like a prank to me...he just thought he could get away with doing what he did.
The Amboy Minnesota police officer is also a native of Austin.
23-year-old Steven Boyle has been suspended and charged with a gross misdemeanor.
He allegedly questioned a group of people who were drinking.
Then he handcuffed a woman and put her in his squad car.
He then said he would release her if she showed him her breasts.
The 18-year-old woman didn't know it was a prank so she flashed him in exchange for her release.
Boyle is charged with misconduct of a public official.
We tried to get a comment from Boyle at his home in Austin.
We knocked on the door, but no one would answer.
The Minnesota Board of Peace Officer standards and training will review the case.
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Doesn't sound like a prank to me...he just thought he could get away with doing what he did.
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