Estimated read time: Less than a minute
This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.
VIENNA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan sheriff's deputy has been charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman who was accused of shoplifting on Christmas Eve.
The Genesee County prosecutor says George Zofchak II was sent to a Walmart store to investigate a theft Monday. He's accused of pulling a woman from her car, handcuffing her and later sexually assaulting her at a motel. The woman's boyfriend was taken to jail by another officer.
Sheriff Robert Pickell (Pi-KELL') alleges Zofchak left the woman in the motel room and told her to not say anything.
Zofchak was being held on a $600,000 bond Friday. He was arraigned without a lawyer. A message left at a phone number listed for Zofchak wasn't immediately returned.
Prosecutor David Leyton says "nobody is above the law, and that especially includes sworn police officers."
Copyright © The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
