Officer Kenneth Woods Charged in kidnapping

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6/17/06 - GALVESTON, TX - DNA proves a Galveston police officer raped a woman in East Beach, according to police.

Officer Kenneth Woods, 27, has been charged with aggravated kidnapping. Police say he confronted a woman, put her in his police car, and drove her to another section of the beach.

That's where the woman says she was handcuffed and sexually assaulted.

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9/20/06 - GALVESTON, TX - A Galveston police officer has been indicted on a charge of sexual assault for allegedly assaulting a woman in his patrol car.

Officer Kenneth Deshun Woods' indictment yesterday is his second since June, when he was charged with kidnapping for an alleged offense involving a different woman.

Prosecutors say the women in both cases accused Woods of approaching them at a beach and forcing them into his patrol car.

Galveston Police Chief Kenneth Mack says the 27-year-old officer has been suspended since police began investigating the first claim.

Woods has been free on 40-thousand dollars' bail on the kidnapping charge. As of yesterday, no warrant has been issued nor bail amount set for the sex assault charge.

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