Crime & Safety

UGA Police Officer Accused of Sodomizing Woman

The officer is on paid leave while Athens-Clarke County police investigate, the Athens Banner-Herald reports.

The Athens-Clarke County Police Department is investigating allegations that a University of Georgia Police officer sodomized a woman he knew during sex, the Athens Banner-Herald reports.

The woman filed a complaint with last week, according to the paper, and UGA police put the 28-year-old officer on paid leave.

The woman told police she and the officer had consensual sex in May and that he forced her into a sexual position against her will, according to the Banner-Herald.

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