{"id":133353,"date":"2024-12-04T22:20:55","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T15:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133353"},"modified":"2024-12-04T22:20:55","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T15:20:55","slug":"indicted-ex-officer-was-not-supposed-to-have-a-gun-before-apparent-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133353","title":{"rendered":"Indicted ex-officer was not supposed to have a gun before apparent suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) \u2014 A former police detective in Kansas who <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/kansas-city-police-abuse-trial-roger-golubski-de11e2b098348066b4f37ebd304cbe6d\">died in an apparent suicide<\/a><\/span> as he was about to stand trial on civil rights violations for allegedly sexually assaulting and terrorizing vulnerable women for decades wasn\u2019t supposed to have a gun while he was under house arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Police found Roger Golubski dead on his back porch Monday morning after a neighbor reported hearing a gunshot, and there were no indications of foul play, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation said in a statement. The judge\u2019s order allowing Golubski to be under house arrest said he could not \u201cpossess a firearm, destructive device, or other weapon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Golubski\u2019s death \u2014 just as jury selection was to begin at the federal courthouse in Topeka \u2014 raised questions about why the 71-year-old wasn\u2019t behind bars, and how a gun came to be at his home in Edwardsville, outside Kansas City, Kansas. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will look into how he obtained the firearm as a part of the death investigation,\u201d said Melissa Underwood, a bureau spokeswoman.<\/p>\n<h2>Why was Golubski on trial?<\/h2>\n<p>Golubski, once a highly regarded detective in Kansas City, was charged in 2022 with six felony counts of violating the civil rights of women and girls. Prosecutors say he sexually abused them and sometimes threatened to throw them or their relatives in jail if they didn\u2019t comply. <\/p>\n<p>The trial was to focus on two women. One said Golubski began sexually abusing her when she was in middle school. The other said he began abusing her after her twin sons were arrested. Prosecutors said seven other women were planning to testify that Golubski abused or harassed them as well. Advocates for the women believe there are other victims who have either died or are afraid to come forward.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors say that Golubski, who was white, victimized Black women and girls in some of Kansas City\u2019s poorest neighborhoods. <\/p>\n<p>Golubski\u2019s prosecution followed <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/general-news-fd1d4d05e561462a85abe50e7eaed4ec\">hundreds of abuse cases<\/a><\/span> across the country where officers lost their badges after allegations of sexual assault.<\/p>\n<p>After Golubski\u2019s death, the judge dismissed the case at the request of prosecutors. <\/p>\n<h2>Why was he under house arrest, not in custody?<\/h2>\n<p>Prosecutors wanted Golubski jailed almost immediately. They asked to have him taken into custody two days after a federal grand jury indicted him in September 2022. <\/p>\n<p>But U.S. Magistrate Judge Rachel Schwartz <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/police-kansas-city-civil-rights-violations-ae8bc840668af84d343f444bf8aef79a\">rejected their request,<\/a><\/span> concluding that while the allegations were \u201cshocking,\u201d Golubski was not the risk he was when the alleged abuse occurred years ago.<\/p>\n<p>An attorney for Golubski described him as \u201csick and infirm,\u201d saying he needed medical care for diabetes and to recover from quintuple bypass heart surgery. Golubski was undergoing kidney dialysis three times a week, and his trial was scheduled around those treatments.<\/p>\n<h2>Did Golubski get special treatment?<\/h2>\n<p>Golubski\u2019s accusers believe he had too much freedom under house arrest. Some of them were especially angry after they saw video of him at a Culver\u2019s restaurant following a medical appointment in January. Schwartz tightened conditions on Golubski\u2019s house arrest after that, but didn\u2019t order him detained. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe perception of people, rightly or wrongly, and regardless of the law, is that had they been in front of the court under similar circumstances, they probably would have been detained,\u201d Cheryl Pilate, an attorney for some of Golubski\u2019s accusers, said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Barry Grissom, who served as the top federal prosecutor in Kansas from 2010 to 2016, said Golubski\u2019s longtime ties to the Kansas City area \u2014 something cited by the magistrate \u2014 argued against detention. Schwartz ordered Golubski to stay at home except for religious services and medical care. He was not allowed to get a passport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe hadn\u2019t been found guilty \u2014 you know, it hadn\u2019t been proved \u2014 so he still, like anybody, was presumed innocent,\u201d Grissom said. <\/p>\n<h2>And how did he get a gun?<\/h2>\n<p>That\u2019s unclear.<\/p>\n<p>Sean O\u2019Brien, a University of Missouri-Kansas City law professor, said officers would have searched Golubski\u2019s home when his house arrest started, but added that \u201cit\u2019s not like they were surveilling his house 24\/7.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut, you know, once he\u2019s there \u2014 you know, people coming and going \u2014 anybody could have brought a gun to him or maybe the search wasn\u2019t that thorough,\u201d O\u2019Brien said. <\/p>\n<p>Golubski worked for decades for the Kansas City police department before retiring from there in 2010. He then worked for the Edwardsville police, leaving that department in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Edwardsville Chief Rance Quinn said in an email Tuesday that the department issues firearms to its officers and those in good standing are allowed to store them outside the department. The firearm can become a gift to an employee who retires, but Golubski did not get such a gift upon leaving in 2016, Quinn said.<\/p>\n<p>Quinn said none of the department\u2019s firearms were missing Monday morning and that \u201cthe firearm found on scene was not the make\/model of firearm used by the Edwardsville PD.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Kansas City, police officers buy the firearms they\u2019ll use on duty from a list of approved weapons and, if they cover the cost themselves, keep them after leaving the department, said spokesperson Nancy Chartrand. It was not immediately clear whether Golubski did that.<\/p>\n<h2>What was Golubski\u2019s state of mind?<\/h2>\n<p>Christopher Joseph, Golubski\u2019s lead attorney, said in an email Tuesday that he\u2019d expected to meet Golubski in Topeka on Monday morning and go to the courthouse, some 50 miles (80 kilometers) west of Golubski\u2019s home in Edwardsville. Golubski hadn\u2019t skipped a court appearance before Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was in regular contact with Roger, including over the weekend,\u201d Joseph said. \u201cI saw no warning signs. His defense team was confident about the prospect of acquittal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Joseph said Golubski himself did not believe he could get a fair trial because of media coverage of his case and that he only learned Monday morning that Golubski was despondent over that coverage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRoger\u2019s death should not be considered an admission of guilt,\u201d Joseph said. \u201cInstead, it should be a warning about the power of the media to pick a narrative and present it as truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Some are still waiting for justice<\/h2>\n<p>Golubski was at the center of a string of lawsuits and criminal allegations that led the Wyandotte County prosecutor\u2019s office to begin a <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/kansas-city-bd0898c8649b1ede27e2c3749547bbed\">$1.7 million<\/a><\/span> effort to reexamine cases he worked on during his 35 years on the force. <\/p>\n<p>One double murder case Golubski investigated resulted in the <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/general-news-03a51b0fe56481f586ef8e031d2ffc2c\">exoneration<\/a><\/span> of a man wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for 23 years, and government payments totaling $14 million to the man. A criminal justice organization <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/entertainment-music-arts-and-entertainment-crime-police-54f4c7a47df11cd937aacdb180b4b25e\">run by rapper Jay-Z<\/a><\/span> is suing to obtain police records.<\/p>\n<p>Pilate said only a small subset of Golubski\u2019s victims were willing to come forward and that his trial would have represented \u201cjust a first step toward accountability\u201d for local police and government officials. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then when the time finally arrived for accountability, it was yanked away from them,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<h2>___<\/h2>\n<p>Hollingsworth reported from Kansas City, Missouri.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '870613919693099',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/kansas-city-police-abuse-case-roger-golubski-031f7a61968298e62df9db35619058ee\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TOPEKA, Kan. 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