Officer Roy Shotwell, Jr. Raped 15-yr-old Girl

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Fayette County, TN -- A Memphis Police Officer is locked up at the Fayette County Jail on child rape charges. A 15 year old girl accuses Officer Roy Shotwell, Jr. of raping her several times over the span of three years, according to court documents.

The Affidavit of Complaint against Shotwell says the victim "advised she had been raped multiple times by Roy Shotwell during the last three years. She did describe to investigators three incidents that occurred in the last twelve months, which took place in Fayette County."

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The Memphis Police Department says Shotwell works out of the Airways Station, and has been on the force since 2003.

The MPD is conducting an internal investigation. Shotwell is relieved of duty with pay pending the outcome of that investigation.

Shotwell remains behind bars at the Fayette County Jail on a $50,000 bond.


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A Memphis police officer who was arrested and charged with rape of a minor remained in the Fayette County Jail Monday evening on $50,000 bond.

Roy Shotwell, 46, was arrested at 10:30 p.m. on Feb. 2 and charged with three counts of rape of a 15-year-old-girl in a Rossville home. An Affidavit of Complaint filed in the Fayette County General Sessions Court Clerk's Office said deputies received a call from the alleged victim's mother at 7:30 p.m. that evening. She told them that her daughter had been raped by a Memphis police officer who worked the Airways Station A shift.

When investigators interviewed the victim, she told them that she "had been raped multiple times by...the officer, during the last three years."

The 15-year-old also described three incidents that occurred during the last 12 months.

Ray Garcia, an inspector with the Fayette County Sheriff's Office, said he was "limited" in the amount of information he could release regarding the case.

"I haven't delved into a whole lot of details in this case," he said. "Particularly, because I can't release very many details."

Sgt. Vince Higgins, public information officer for the Memphis Police Department, said Shotwell was hired in July 2003 and commissioned later that year by the department. He has been relieved of duty, and an internal investigation is under way.

Shotwell is scheduled to be in Fayette County General Sessions Court at 9:30 a.m. on Feb. 20. He has not filed a plea in the case.

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