NYPD officer accused of drunken street-grab rape - Nation & World - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington news, weather and sports
By COLLEEN LONG | Associated Press
NEW YORK – A drunken off-duty police officer grabbed a teacher off a residential street, showed her a gun and forced her to a deserted backyard where he raped her, authorities said.
"You're coming with me," he told the woman, after opening his jacket to display his weapon, police said.
Officer Michael Pena was arrested Friday by responding officers after a witness who lives in the upper Manhattan building saw through her window that something was happening in the backyard and called 911, police said.
Pena is an officer in the New York Police Department's 33rd Precinct in Washington Heights, south of the Inwood neighborhood, where he's accused of raping the woman. He was arrested on charges of forcible rape and was behind held pending an arraignment.
Pena was suspended without pay, chief police spokesman Paul Browne said. He couldn't be reached for comment because he was being held by police, and it was unclear if he had an attorney. A call to a telephone number believed to be his home rang unanswered.
Earlier this summer, two NYPD officers were acquitted of charges they raped a drunken woman they had been summoned to help get out of a cab. The officers were convicted of official misconduct for repeatedly returning to the woman's apartment while telling dispatchers they were elsewhere.
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