Cop Kept His Job After Child Molestation Charges, Now Charged again With First-Degree Rape

[damnedifIknow]

ALABASTER — Officer Joshua Herbinger has been working as a police officer for nine years.

On October 9, 2014 he was charged with sexually abusing a child less than the age of 12. He received four counts of sexual abuse, according to reports.

The child had been attending an elementary school and reported the molestation to the school staff."

According to the child, Officer Herbinger molested the child over a period of two to three years."

Officer Herbinger was never fired, and was granted “administrative duties” with pay.
Officer Herbinger was set free after posting $80,000 bail.

It didn’t take long after his release for Officer Herbinger to be caught again.

This time he has been charged with first-degree rape of a woman"

http://filmingcops.com/cop-kept-his-job-after-child-molestation-charges-now-charged-again-with-first-degree-rape-still-keeps-job/

[noiretextatique]

1. so, the city is liable...again

i am sure the first victim sued, and i certainly hope the second one will too. no way this creep should have kept his job.

[Logical]

2. Police protect their own! nt

[BrotherIvan]

3. Oh God..

I don't have any words, just...

[Mr.Bill]

4. Where I live,

this would qualify him for a promotion.

[defacto7]

5. Sounds like a pretty good case of

a guy who can't control it. Perfect candidate for jail and registration. No ambiguity I can see.

[Kablooie]

6. Well as long as this rape doesn't affect his job it is okay.

But if he is fired we should take to the streets and demand he be reinstated.
This is America! Police are not to be held responsible for their crimes! No way!







(I hope the sarcasm thingy isn't needed here)

[nomorenomore08]

7. He was arrested for sexual assault *twice in two weeks*???

[LeftInTX]

8. Alabastar Alabama was named the best city for conservatives

Never heard of it till yesterday, now this.

[AverageJoe90]

9. Police corruption strikes again.....

I swear, man, it's like the Onion is coming to fuckin' life sometimes, ya know? Only without nearly so much humor.....

At least, let's hope this douchebag gets put away for a long fuckin' time for what he did.

[Mister Nightowl]

10. Cops

[TorchTheWitch]

11. teen charged with two counts of rape not kicked out of school of off football team

http://abcnews.go.com/US/high-school-football-player-charged-rapes-quits-team/story?id=26216158

A high school football player accused of rape has decided to quit the team despite school officials defending his right to play, saying he is "innocent until proven guilty," his attorney told ABC News today.

Tyler Smith, 18, was arrested last month and faces two counts of rape from an incident alleged to have happened during the summer, and another in 2012, according to court documents.

[Ikonoklast]

13. One of these stories is not like the other.

No one said anything about the cop being guilty.

High school kid is in no position of power or authority like an LEO.

[TorchTheWitch]

17. no one thinks either of these people are guilty?

Pfffftttt... the whole reason for the thread was "look, another terrible cop!".

Frankly, I think they're both likely guilty, but that wasn't the point. The point is should the cop be fired or the kid kicked out of school before trial? With the cop on desk duty I'm not seeing a problem with his keeping his job, and I don't like anyone getting fired before being found guilty or not. I also wouldn't like the kid being thrown out of school for the same reason.

PERSONALLY, I'd be more comfortable not being even in the same neighborhood as either one of them, and sure wouldn't want to have to work with the cop or go to school with the teen. And that's because I think both are probably guilty or at least what they're accused of has me so grossed out I'd never be able to be in the same room with them just being worried that they ARE guilty.

But what if neither one ARE guilty? Should anyone lose their job because of something they didn't actually do or get thrown out of school for something they didn't actually do? I don't think it's appropriate to just assume that someone is guilty to the point of actually making them suffer real consequences for that assumption by firing them or kicking them out of school. Neither one is legally guilty of anything until a jury says so, so legally should either one suffer real consequences based on just being charged with a crime that no one yet knows whether they're guilty of or not? The cop is on desk duty, and the teen voluntarily took himself out of the football program, but they're both out on bail and should be able to reasonably resume their lives until trial. Whatever I feel about either one personally shouldn't be in consideration nor should it be to anyone else. And it's not at all easy for me to say that especially when it comes to rape and more especially the rape of a child.

[marym625]

12. The only time I wish I believed in god

Is when I read things like this. Only because I so devoutly hope that there is a special kind of hell for him and everyone that was involved in allowing it to happen

[Thav]

15. From one who does believe in God

There most certainly is.

[hatrack]

14. So when does his promotion come through?

Jesus Christ, does he have to shoot a nun in the head in broad daylight on a busy highway to get fired/jailed?

[yuiyoshida]

16. Sadly

That may not work either...