New Documents Released in Anthony Rollins Cop Sex Case

Lawyer for victims says APD may have known about Rollins' sexual misconduct for years

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By Heather Hintze
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Story Created: Mar 5, 2012 at 8:20 PM AKDT

Story Updated: Mar 6, 2012 at 11:50 AM AKDT

ANCHORAGE - New court documents have been released in the Anthony Rollins case.

Last year a jury convicted Rollins, a former Anchorage Police Department officer, of serial rape and sexually assaulting five women while he was on duty.

The new documents, filed Friday, show APD may have known about the misconduct years before Rollins was arrested.

The documents show in 2001 a rumor of an officer receiving oral sex while on the job circulated around the police department. That officer was later identified as Rollins, but the department later ruled the claim was unfounded.

In 2003 a prostitute said a “black K-9 officer” made sexually vulgar comments to her. Rollins was the only officer fitting that description at the time.

That incident sparked an undercover investigation by the APD Internal Affairs Office and the FBI in 2003 and 2004 with an undercover FBI agent acting as a prostitute. The agent says Rollins approached her twice and did not follow APD protocol. She described his demeanor as “flirtatious.”

Documents show in 2005 one officer walked in on what appeared to be Rollins receiving oral sex in his office.

In 2007 he’s accused of making sexually vulgar comments to a woman he arrested for driving under the influence. She later reported those comments to the jail nurse. Rollins denied making any comments.

In 2008 Rollins is accused of engaging in sex while on duty.

Christine Schleuss, the attorney for five of the women, says the municipality knew about the misconduct, but “kept Rollins on the job, allowed him to run free—in uniform and on unsupervised patrol—while he continued to sexually assault innocent women.”

The city’s attorney says that’s not the case. "APD did its very best to investigate those incidents and follow up on them. And I think the evidence will show APD's efforts, while not producing the evidence we needed, nevertheless were diligent tips on their part to find out what was going on,” said Dennis Wheeler.

Both sides will have their chance in court to show when APD and the municipality knew about Rollins' misconduct. A civil trial is set for August 2.
 

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Honeman WTF said on Tuesday, Mar 6 at 4:03 PM

Why is Paul Honeman not named in this story? He's a candidate for mayor, for goodness' sake! Inexcusable. Your bias is showing, KTVA.

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Ben said on Monday, Mar 5 at 10:27 PM

How much did Honeman know, when, and why didn't he confront officer Rolins about it? That's the story I want to know about.

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Don said on Monday, Mar 5 at 9:36 PM

Why is this serial rapist not on the sex offenders list?He has been found gulity but he's a cop and they don't enforce the law on their own kind the way they do to us the "citizen's".Quick,let me be the first to respect them!Ya,right.Burn your own worse than you do us,the people you "protect",and you'll earn the respect that you seem to demand.

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