Judge denies bail for Boynton officer accused of on-duty ****
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Stephen Maiorino, a Boynton Beach police officer accused of **** a woman at gunpoint while on duty in October, began crying when his brother-in-law began talking about Maiorino's two children. (Attiyya Anthony / Sun Sentinel)
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A Boynton Beach police officer accused of **** a woman at gunpoint on the hood of his patrol car while on duty will not be allowed to post bond and leave jail before his trial, Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Samantha Schosberg Feuer has ruled.
The order released Wednesday comes five days after a hearing where the judge listened to an audio recording of the 20-year-old woman's accusations against Stephen Maiorino, 35.
Boynton officer accused of on-duty **** seeks release from jail
Boynton officer accused of on-duty **** seeks release from jail
Attorneys for the officer, now on unpaid leave, argued the Oct. 15 encounter was consensual and asked for bail considering the disputed allegations and the defendant's strongly supportive family and friends.
Assistant State Attorney Marci Rex called Maiorino a danger to both the victim and the community and urged that he not be granted bail under any conditions.
Schosberg Feuer agreed, finding the prosecutor had presented "overwhelming uncontroverted evidence" of Maiorino's guilt, including the statement by the accuser and DNA evidence.
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The judge decided, after considering the defendant's previous threats against the alleged victim and her family, plus the evidence and Maiorino's position as a cop, "there are no conditions or release that are reasonably sufficient to protect the community from risk of physical harm by the Defendant" or to assure he shows up in court.
Maiorino, a U.S. Army reservist who served as a Boynton cop for eight years, has been in Palm Beach County Jail since his Oct. 30 arrest.
Michael Salnick, Maiorino's attorney, said he read the order and would focus on getting ready for his client's trial.
"The judge gave us a fair and full and lengthy hearing," Salnick said. "Mr. Maiorino maintains his innocence."
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Boynton Beach police officer jailed without bond in alleged ****
A trial date has not yet been set. Salnick and Rex will meet with the judge on Feb. 13 to discuss the status of their case preparations.
Maiorino is charged with two counts of sexual battery by a law enforcement officer with a firearm, and armed kidnapping. The married father of two small children faces up to life in prison if convicted.
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Lock this hetero pig up ASAP. We need to send a message to the police that violent crime against citizens is not tolerated.
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At the hearing last week, Salnick had offered various conditions for Maiorino's release, including plans for him to move into the home of another Boynton Beach police officer and take a job with a local moving company. The attorney also had proposed house arrest with an ankle monitor, a curfew, and surrender of his passport.
According to arrest records, Maiorino and met his accuser met through his police work. The woman was riding with a friend who was pulled over by police after a pursuit.
The driver was subsequently arrested and charged with DUI and other crimes. Maiorino responded to the scene and the plan was for him to take the woman back to the police station where relatives would pick her up, records show.
The woman and the officer made it to the parking lot outside the station, where he threatened to arrest her for underage drinking unless she performed oral sex on him, she said in her statement to a detective.
Boynton Beach officer accused of **** woman at gunpoint
Boynton Beach officer accused of **** woman at gunpoint
Then, Maiorino drove her to another location, described as an abandoned field, to continue the assault, the prosecutor said.
During the incident, the officer held her face down on the hood of his cruiser with his right hand and pointed a gun at her with his left, she told investigators.
"I couldn't believe it happened to me," the woman said, later adding, "I thought I was going to die."
The Sun Sentinel is not identifying the woman because of the nature of the charges.
On the recorded statement, she told the detective that Maiorino said, "If you tell anyone what just happened, I will find you and I will kill you."
The prosecutor blasted the defense claim that the sex was consensual. Rex said the woman led an investigator to the scene of the incident hours after the purported attack, where they found a condom and condom wrapper with the accuser's DNA on it. Her DNA also was found on Maiorino's underwear, records show.
But Salnick insisted the veracity of the accuser is in question, and he asked the judge to consider things the woman put on Twitter and Facebook in the past, including a photo from 2011 of her bent over the hood of a police car.
"This is a he-said-she-said," the attorney said, adding that the accuser changed her mind after the encounter.
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The standard procedure is not to **** the woman at gunpoint, but to give them a choice.
Would they like to be framed for narcotics possession and serve a prison sentence as a convicted felon and have their children taken away from them by the Department of Children and Families, or are they down for a little community service with Officer Friendly?
This is the established protocol that has worked for numerous officer rapists.
"At Least One"? "Thank God"?
Why the hate towards Law Enforcement Officers? Have you gotten a few too many tickets recently? Usually when people express that degree of hatred towards LEO's, there's an underlying personal experience, event or events that caused the negative sentiments
And my run-in's with daddy law have been very infrequent, and pleasant. But, have any of you watched the Stanford Experiment? I believe some of this same behavior carries over to the regular street cops as well. I mean, just look at Gary. But that's just me :wink
Nope, no tickets, no nuthin
Soldier? Not sure what bearing that has on anything but thank you for your service.
In reference to your thread title, there are only two, maybe three, reasons anyone would feel that way. One, obviously, would be a history of interaction with LE that was let's say, less than favorable.
Now I'm really worried. Seems that you may also fall under the third possible reason for the sentiments you've expressed
Sure weak case, officer rapes a girl at gunpoint, dna proves it is him, weak case my azzz. This attitude you have just proves the problems we have as a nation.
No I know this story, DNA on TWO not one of the condoms left at the scene which was only a few hundred yards from the police station.
I guess this all comes from your 15 years of service as LEO???
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All we know for sure is that they had sex. Maybe she said I'll have sex with you if you don't take me to jail. We will never know for sure. But you don't know if he **** her for sure.
Once again guilty until proven innocent. :nono
No, actually it come from my 50 years as a person with an education and a brain in his head.
How do you know this story? What do you mean by that?
Then in your 50 years as a person that's educated I would think you would have picked up on the facts along the years that LEO's also break the law and that angers the general public because the LEO's are suppose to be the ones we trust. The LEO's should be trusted to protect and serve in every single situation they are in. So when a LEO BREAKS THAT TRUST the general public has a right to be angry and upset with LEOs as a whole because you allowed a "criminal" to infiltrate your ranks and use your "badge" and prestige of serving and protecting as a cover to commit crimes against the people. Prior speeding tickets, interactions or whatever else may hold a person to think a certain way but that's not the case in the OP and your comments were attacks to say the least.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fatal-shooting-new-mexico-man-sparks-killer-cops-protest-n67931
Here's a article that shows the GENRAL PUBLIC upset over police actions. And how do the police respond???? Aggressively! I'm close to 100% sure that not a single protestor was there and supporting because of prior speeding tickets or interactions with the police, but because they were standing up for a cause they were participating in a protest of police over usage of deadly force.
Why couldn't you post a positive comment? :roll eyes
One of your fellow officers is accused of something horrible and you attack the OP about his anger or "hatred" towards LEO and blame it on speeding tickets or other interactions. Seriously? As you stated your a 50+ year old grown man act accordingly then.
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You're so far off base its not even funny.
First of all, I didn't attack anyone.
Secondly, you do make one excellent observation, which is part of my second possible reason why someone would express the negative sentiment shared by the OP in his title.
"I would think you would have picked up on the facts along the years that LEO's also break the law and that angers the general public because the LEO's are suppose to be the ones we trust"
Which goes directly to my point and that is that LEO's are human beings. They're Human. They make mistakes just like you and I. People tend to forget that, they think that just because you're a LEO that they somehow are above making mistakes, that thier badge gives them some special power that separates them from the rest of us. Well, it doesn't.
More importantly though, when you look at the big picture, you'll see that the percentage of LEO's that knowingly break the law and murder, steal or **** is very small.
The same holds true for Doctors, judges, lawyers, teachers and even fishing forum moderators, they all make mistakes. All people that we put our trust in. To condem each as a whole would be a mistake, wouldn't you agree?
That's my possible reason #2. People forget that they're human and they forget to look at the percentage of them that actually do wrong versus the ones that do right and put their lives on the line every day to serve and protect.
No need to get all worked up. Some(not most) Cops are criminals too.
Absolutely correct. But you are convicting this officer without a trial or even a hearing. We have a legal system for a reason. So vigilantes don't hang someone before all the facts come out which is what some of you are trying to do here.
Sorry, doesn't fly. In NO other profession does one have the legal right to deprive citizens of their life, liberty or property.
So yer **** right they need to be held to a higher standard.
Seriously? Your wife is tired of your **** and wants you gone. She has sex with you. She goes to the police and says you **** her at gunpoint. DNA says yep that's you. You must be guilty of **** because she said so and there's DNA right? There has to be more than DNA to prove ****. Was she beat up? Were there witnesses? Nothing about that in the article. Now if the judge is not granting bail there must be more than just circumstantial evidence. If people went to jail based on accusations this really would be an f'd up place.
I'm going to go back and re-read what I said but, I'm pretty sure I said that.
LEO's do not have the legal right to deprive citizens of their life, liberty or property. Neither do Doctors, judges, lawyers or teachers, to name a few, but they all do, illegally and against the oaths they've all taken.
you never stated reasons 2 and 3 only referred to them so it came off as an attack. I'm glad to hear you say that though because that is the key. We are all human and human error will always exist no matter the region we live or the profession we work in. I'm not trying to say every single cop is bad because of that small percentage either. And I do know they protect us all day every day from the real idiots. But a debate needs to be had about increased cases of police in the wrong (shootings,rapes,stealing,etc) it is up and on the rise and there needs to be a debate that's all.
Same as with your body cam post I wasn't trying to make the cop a bad person I originally just wanted clarification on the use of deadly force in that situation. No hard feelings. And thank you for your service
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A higher standard is also my view. That's it nothing more. Your sworn in to up hold the law and protect us. Then you should be held to a higher standard and even more extreme consequences IMO if you break the law. Simple
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