{"id":49789,"date":"2022-05-13T12:05:11","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T19:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=49789"},"modified":"2022-05-13T12:07:41","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T19:07:41","slug":"former-police-sgt-sentenced-to-three-years-in-prison-for-sex-crimes-against-three-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=49789","title":{"rendered":"Former Police Sgt. Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Sex Crimes Against Three Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1057 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Justice-Depart-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Justice-Depart-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Justice-Depart-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Justice-Depart.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"node-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Jesus Manuel Menocal Jr., 34, a former Hialeah Police Department sergeant, was sentenced to three years in federal prison for sex crimes against three women, officials stated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-pr-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item even\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Menocal, 34, previously pleaded guilty to three counts of violating the civil rights of women by sexually exploiting them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">According to court documents, Menocal did the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Kissed a woman and caused her to touch his exposed penis<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Had a second woman, who was in psychiatric crisis, perform oral sex on him<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Coerced a third woman, who was walking alone at night, into submitting to oral and vaginal sex. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">While not directly related to the offenses to which he pleaded guilty, Menocal also admitted to bringing a fourth female into a Hialeah Police Department building and ordering her to remove her shorts and underwear, causing her to expose her buttocks to him. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Menocal admitted that he was on-duty and in uniform during all of these acts, abusing his official authority.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IAv80q7h7S8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"field__item even\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u201cThe Department of Justice will not tolerate police officers who abuse their authority to prey on those they are sworn to protect,\u201d said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Civil Rights Division. \u201cThe Civil Rights Division will continue to vigorously prosecute these cases to secure justice for the victims of these reprehensible crimes and to ensure that perpetrators who use their unique power to take advantage of others are held accountable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Re3zYCgz8M0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>(December 2019 News Report)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"field__item even\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u201cThe police officer sentenced today violated not only his victims\u2019 rights, but also the public\u2019s trust,\u201d said U.S. Attorney Juan Antonio Gonzalez for the Southern District of Florida. \u201cAs this prosecution shows, we will hold accountable those in our South Florida community who abuse their positions of power and engage in such disgraceful illegal conduct.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u201cJesus Menocal now faces the consequences for using his position to sexually abuse women,\u201d said Deputy Special Agent in Charge John J. 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