Saturday, April 24, 1999
Court looks at police probe
Fired officer is accused of extorting sex
BY EARNEST WINSTON
The Cincinnati Enquirer
The trial of Patrick Knight, the former Cincinnati police officer accused by four women of using his badge to extort or try to extort sex, will resume 10 a.m. Monday.
Common Pleas Judge Robert Kraft, who is presiding over the case without a jury, heard testimony Friday from Cincinnati police Spc. Linda Petrosky about her role in the investigation of Mr. Knight.
Prosecutors, in a 10-count indictment, say Mr. Knight, who was fired three years ago, used his position of authority to commit bribery and sexual battery several times in 1995 and 1996.
Spc. Petrosky, under cross-examination by Mr. Knight's attorney, Merlyn Shiverdecker, discussed spe cific dates and the wording of the report of Mr. Knight's investigation that was given to the internal affairs unit.
Mr. Shiverdecker has said Mr. Knight, 36, is a veteran officer whose name has been tarnished by wild accusations. He has said one of the women who testified early this month is an admitted alcoholic who told one officer she was using crack cocaine and drinking whiskey the night she met Mr. Knight.
Mr. Knight stopped the woman's car in July 1995 to arrest her friend, the driver, for unpaid child support. The woman has testified that Mr. Knight offered her a ride home, telling her she could not drive because her license had expired. On the way, she said, he asked for a sexual favor. When she refused, she said, he told her to get out of the car.
Friday, Spec. Petrosky testified when she checked the evidence this year, at the request of prosecutors, she couldn't find a crack pipe because it had been destroyed.
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