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\"\"A former West Virginia firefighter plead guilty to raping a 16-year-old victim in a bunk room at the Danville Fire Department in Danville, West Virginia, federal officials announced Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n

During the plea hearing in federal court in West Virginia, Christopher Osborne, 26, admitted that on or about Jan. 19, 2021, while he was an officer with the Marmet Police Department in Marmet, West Virginia, and a firefighter with both the Charleston Fire Department in Charleston, West Virginia and the Danville Volunteer Fire Department, he used his position, authority and status as a firefighter to forcibly sexually assault the victim. <\/span><\/p>\n

Specifically, Osborne admitted that the victim told him that she did not want to have sex, but he held her down inside the bunk room at the fire station and sexually assaulted her anyway, causing her pain and bodily injury.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"\u201cThe defendant abused his official authority and position of power to perpetrate a violent sexual assault on a 16-year-old girl,\u201d said Assistant Attorney General Clarke. \u201cOfficials who carry out sexual assaults on vulnerable people will be held accountable. The Civil Rights Division will continue to use our criminal civil rights laws to stand up for the survivors of these heinous crimes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAs the plea in this case demonstrates, Osborne used his official authority to commit a violent sexual assault on a 16-year-old victim,\u201d said Acting U.S. Attorney Johnston. \u201cOsborne\u2019s unlawful conduct constitutes a clear deprivation of the minor\u2019s civil rights. Such an egregious abuse of power will not be tolerated.”<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"\u201cThe facts of this case are troubling,\u201d said Special Agent in Charge Nordwall. \u201cNo one is not above the law.\u00a0As a public servant, Osborne\u00a0violated\u00a0his oath and victimized those he swore to protect. The FBI will not look the other way.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

With his guilty plea, the defendant faces a 14-year prison sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n

A sentencing date has been set for July 13.<\/span><\/p>\n

This case was investigated by the Pittsburgh Division of the FBI with the support of the West Virginia State Police and the West Virginia State Fire Marshals. <\/span><\/p>\n

It is being prosecuted by Trial Attorney Kathryn E. Gilbert of the Justice Department\u2019s Civil Rights Division and Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jennifer Rada Herrald and Julie White for the Southern District of West Virginia.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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