There is a controversy in Alabama after prosecutors cut a plea agreement with an Alabama state trooper Samuel H. McHenry II, 36, who was accused of raping a woman and forcing her to perform oral sex after a bogus arrest in December 2015. For the crime, McHenry was allowed to plead to a simple misdemeanor for sexual misconduct and only six months in jail. [Warning: graphic content below]
The incident began after a woman called for help after a car accident. McHenry allegedly spotted some pill bottles and an empty nasal spray and threatened to arrest the woman. He placed her in a caged area in the back of his cruiser and drove to another area where her told her, “Fuck me or go to jail.” He allegedly pulled her pants down, raped her and afterward, forced her to perform oral sex. He then dumped her off in the parking lot of a closed store around 1:45 a.m. on Dec. 7.
What is particularly worrisome with the plea is that not only did he face charges of rape and sodomy but the dismissal of those charges (and plea to a misdemeanor) was done reportedly without the approval or consultation with the witness. Usually the victim is made part of this process.
McHenry refused to cooperate with giving a saliva sample after the incident.
In addition to giving up his certification for law enforcement, McHenry was required to pay a $500 fine and restitution for the heinous crime and was ordered not to contact the victim. That is clearly not enough for many critics who have questioned whether someone outside of law enforcement would have received such a plea bargain.
What do you think about the plea bargain?
Sufficiency of evidence. Is there evidence of rape besides her word and testimony? Such as: a witness, condom with his jiz in it, and or a photo of some sort from body camera or passerby.
Before you guys throw the book at the prosecutor, understand that a lot of times a crappy plea deal is all they would realistically be able to get. For example maybe the witness became unavailable. That can happen for a lot of reasons that are not the government’s fault. And a sex conviction even a misdemeanor is going to mess him up for life, given the way the sex offender laws work now. Which is fine– he sounds like a horrible person and the public should at least be warned.
Better the misdemeanor conviction than rolling the dice if there is a lack of evidence, and coming up short with an acquittal. Then he could continue to prey on people with no public brand on him.
Cops regularly get away with murder, why not rape? Something is wrong when so many cops commit such crimes and get away with them. I would expect a certain number of people who see the badge and the gun as necessary for them to practice their misdeeds but there would be fewer of them seeking the badge and the gun if they were punished more harshly for using their position of authority while doing the misdeeds. Prosecutors should understand that sometimes the people need fair justice, not just the cop perp.
So if this was a person impersonating a police officer I am sure the prosecutor would have given him the same deal. NOT.
Sorry Squeaky, your way off on this one. Any past, present, or future occupation does not give others the right to take what they want by use of force.
I guess Squeaky is one of those ‘justifiable’ rape supporters. Oh, well. Let’s put it succinctly, Alabama, white man, cop = misdemeanor. Substitute a state not still living in the 1840s, any other color man, and most other professions = felony.
There has to be more to this or we are talking about some Imam in Afghanistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, or perhaps Alabama.
So, does statist authoritarianism trump feminism?
Here we have a conflation of the two.
Looks like authoritarianism won.
Some of the comments here are, to put it frankly, disturbing. Allowing the police officer to plead to a misdemeanor in this case is an appalling miscarriage of Justice and sends the message that police officers can do anything thing they want and get away with it… One law for us and one law for them.
It puts women at serious risk.
The prosecutor’s decision to do this plea deal without consulting the victim raises all kinds of questions about which the public should be very concerned. There should be an investigation into the prosecutor’s conduct.
@Randall Lee
Oh, and plus, you said:, ” As much as you might not agree with the activities of hookers and their willing clients, unless there is a John involved, it is a violence free way of making a living.”
Huh??? Maybe on Planet Libertarian it is a “violence free” way to make a living, but on Earth, it is a pretty unsafe occupation. Think about it. . .some chick is either getting in a car with, or taking to a motel room, a horny loser who has to pay to get laid. This, during the Tinder Age, no less! This “complex human interaction” is even potentially dangerous for the John, who may get knocked over the head and rolled for his wallet.
One of my good friends for years is a Dominatrix, who started it in college to make extra money. She still “has sessions” with a few of her whatevers from those years. But even she had some situations that were dangerously too close for comfort. That is one reason she reduced her clientele to I think maybe 3 or 4 now. Maybe less. I haven’t talked to her in a few months.
Anyway, back on point, try this on for some numbers:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence_against_prostitutes
Squeeky Fromm
Girl Reporter
In a yearlong investigation of sexual misconduct by U.S. law enforcement, The Associated Press learned of about 1,000 officers who lost their badges in a six-year period for offenses including rape and propositioning citizens for sex while on duty.
The figure includes only officers whose licenses have been revoked. Not all states take such action, maintain accurate records or have a statewide system to decertify officers for misconduct.
@ Squeeky Fromm, Girl Reporter
The incident began after a woman called for help after a car accident. McHenry allegedly spotted some pill bottles and an empty nasal spray and threatened to arrest the woman. No news report mentions the woman’s profession.. But by all accounts.. Her calling for help after being in a car accident. Her profession does not seem to matter.. It is not like this cop picked the woman up on a street corner or anything. She was just in a car accident, and this seems to have simply been a crime of opportunity. It would not surprise me at all if other women had met similar fates at the hands of this particular person.
@Randall Lee
Yes, the hooker deserves to be protected, but no, I am not as outraged as I would be if the victim weren’t a hooker. Why should I be? Am I supposed to pretend the hooker isn’t a person who will do all manner of disgusting sexual stuff with complete strangers for a few bucks?
Sooo, some disgusting sexual stuff gets done to her without compensation, what’s the damages? Is it the $50 dollars she would have charged for a trip “Around The World?” She sure can’t claim there was any great emotional damage done to her. Heck, for a few bucks, or maybe a little dope, she would have gladly done it. She would have chased the guy down waving her purse in the air to get his attention to do it for a few bucks.
OTOH, if the victim was a kindergarten teacher, happily engaged to her boyfriend, and somebody who goes to church every Sunday, Sunday night, and Wednesday night to Prayer Meeting, and the cop did this to her, that kind of thing could emotionally scar her for quite a few years.
I don’t know where the silly idea came from that we aren’t supposed to notice things like this.
Squeeky Fromm
Girl Reporter
A small sampling, there are many, many other cases, of law enforcement officers, who have been charged with sexual assaults. Collected these last year. Have not yet compiled a list of this years winners.
Some of these have gone to trial, and been sentenced, or awaiting sentences. Other have been sentenced already. Were possible I included those sentences.
Oct. 3rd. Steven Vigorito. Woodland Prk. NJ. Sentenced 5 yrs; attempted rape of 12 yr old.
Oct. 23rd. Joe Warden. Cynthiana, Ky. Fired for texting nude photos to children.
Oct. 23rd. Anthony Santos. Norwalk, Ct. Escaped child rape charges because victim afraid to testify.
Oct. 29th. William Byrom. Crawford, Tx. Charged w/child indecency. Fondled 15 yr. old girl.
Oct. 29th. Tyler Jochman. Appleton, Wis. Plead no contest to raping 15 yr. old. Sentencing Dec. 1st.
Oct. 29th. Michael Collum. Richland, SC. Charged w/repeatedly raping 15 yr. old for two years.
Oct. 29th. Erasmo Mata Jr. Pharr, Tx. Charged w/child rape while his co-workers watched. Trial date set Dec. 1st.
Oct. 30th. Bryan Lee. Lancaster, Ohio. Pleaded guilty to cyberstalking, and rape of four women.
Nov. 1st. Gregory Pyle. McHenry, Il. Rape of 11 yr old boy. Sentence 50 years.
Nov. 1st. Stephen Maiorino. Boynton Bch. Fla. Charged w/rape; Held gun to womans head.
Nov. 1st. Tyler Fox. Kane, Ut. Charged w/raping 15 yr old boy.
Nov. 3rd. John Augustus Rose. Los Angeles, Ca. Pleaded guilty to lewd acts w/15 yr old; possession of child porn.
Nov. 5th. Kyle Garstka. Sauk County, Wisc. Pleaded guilty rape w/ 2 10 yr olds. Sentenced 5 yrs Probation.
Nov. 5th. Daniel Holtzclaw. Oklahoma City, OK. Charged 32 counts rape, sodomy. Convicted 16 of 32 counts. Sentenced 230 years.
Nov. 5th. Andrew Demers. New Gloucester, Maine. Raped 11 yr old girl 10 times.
Nov. 8th. Eric Lund. Fairfield, Calif. Possession/Dist. Child pornography.
Nov. 8th. Kramer Aoki. Honolulu, HI. Charged Sexual assault/Rape.
Nov. 9th. Chuck Bullock. Collier county, Fl. 3 counts Rape/15 yr old. Sentence 2 yrs Probation.
Nov. 11th. Jason Eubanks. Rockdale, GA. Rape of 10 yr old.
Nov. 12th. Daniel Barber. Somerset, Wisc. Found guilty of raping at least 7 boys all under age 10.
Nov. 12th. Fernando Hernandez. Dallas, TX. Charged w/stalking/attempted kidnapping/attempted rape w/14 yr boy.
Nov. 13th. Thomas Sylvia. Butte County, CA. Charged w/child molestation.
Nov. 13th. Corey Daniel. Greensboro, NC. Charged 1 count/2nd Degree sexual exploitation of a child.
Nov. 13th. Kenneth Skogan. Placer county, Ca. Sentenced Stat rape. 150 days jail. 3 yrs Probation.
Nov. 14th. David Hubbard & Wife, Rebecca. Chilton, Ala. Charged w/87 counts lewd acts/rape of children.
Nov. 17th. Ruben Carrera. Houston, TX. Charged w/raping 15 yr old.
Nov. 17th. Christopher Warren. Beaverton OR. Found guilty rape of 5 yr old girl.
Nov. 18th. Jason Miller. Newton, NJ. Charged lewd acts/exposing genitals.
Nov. 19th. Douglas Burkhalter. Savannah, GA. Found guilty possession of child pornography. Sentenced 18 months.
Nov. 21st. Charles Locke. Cleveland OH. Charged w/rape 15 yr old girl. Sentenced 19 1/2 yrs.
Nov. 21st. Michael Grennier. S.Plainfield, NJ. Charged w/producing, & possessing child porn. Sentenced 20 yrs.
Nov. 22nd. James Shedd. Carbon Hill, Ala. Charged 2 counts rape/enticing a child.
It sounds as though there was a conflict of interest between the local Distrct Attorney’s office and local law enforcement. In such instances, the prosecution should have been handled by the state Attorney General. And I do not believe that it should matter whether or not the victim was a hooker. The cop is the one who committed the crime, not her.
Squeeky writes, “I wonder if she was a hooker??? Because that is the only way I can see this ridiculously small punishment.”
Doesn’t a hooker deserve to be protected from the violence of rape? A hooker trades with others voluntarily. As much as you might not agree with the activities of hookers and their willing clients, unless there is a John involved, it is a violence free way of making a living. Much different from the violence and theft that law enforcement utilizes on a daily basis to accomplish their normal agenda, and then we have scum like McHenry that take the violence to another level.
Watch, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwztaQgv3-Y
It’s Alabama. What did you expect? I’ll bet part of his defense was that he thought that she was his sister.
She should sue! What a horrid, disgusting nightmare after calling for help, to get abused by someone in authority! She should sue the prosecution too!
I wonder if she was a hooker??? Because that is the only way I can see this ridiculously small punishment.
Squeeky Fromm
Girl Reporter
Let us talk about a fair punishment for any rapist. Forget the cop aspect. Come one, come all– cut the genitals off, stick them in his mouth, photograph him for posterity and send the photo to the victim and the mugshot section of the local newspaper. Then, some time in jail and monetary fine. As for civil suit. All he owns. Leave him his underwear. No shoes.
I am going to assume the woman will be suing the officer and his department. That should make up the difference.