TENNESSEE
A former police officer with the Memphis Police Department was charged in an indictment unsealed Tuesday in federal court for sexually assaulting a woman over 20 years while he was on duty, according to officials.
According to the indictment, Bridges Randle, 47, who has also used the names Ajamu Abiola Banjoko and Oluwafemi Abiola Banjoko, sexually assaulted the woman after he was dispatched to a vandalism call at the woman’s residence on June 24, 2000.
Randle is charged with committing a civil rights offense that included aggravated sexual abuse. If convicted, Randle faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.
Randle is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
This case is being investigated by the FBI’s Memphis Field Office.
According to officials, Assistant U.S. Attorney David Pritchard for the Western District of Tennessee and Trial Attorneys Maura White and Andrew Manns of the Criminal Section of the Civil Rights Division are prosecuting the case.