Canandaigua, N.Y. A former Rochester police officer who pleaded guilty in March to rape and forcible touching was sentenced Wednesday to 10 weekend in jail.
FILE - Shawn Jordan , 40, a former Rochester police officer, walks out of Ontario County Court in Canandaigua, Wednesday, March 27, 2024, after pleading guilty to raping a 13-year-old girl.
allegedly exposing himself to a 16-year-old girl in an online video chat while he was still with RPD. The department suspended Jordan without pay the same day he was arrested for those allegations.The judge said Jordan's actions violated the public's trust, adding she feels he deserves prison. Yet, she says the sentencing conditions were necessary to spare the child from having to testify in court.
"This is an ultimate tragedy, because these parents trusted him," Wolford said. "He's a police officer, and if we can't trust the police, then who can we trust? It's a very difficult situation. I'm a parent of three children myself, and it's one of those circumstances where you just look at it and say 'There, by the grace of God, go I.' Because this was a child who trusted somebody, and he was an adult who knew better.
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