Post by WaTcHeR on Dec 28, 2006 19:04:10 GMT -5
12.28.2006 - AUSTIN, TX - An Austin police detective has been indicted on a charge of attempted sexual assault stemming from an alleged off-duty encounter with a woman at a hair removal business.
A Travis County grand jury issued an indictment Wednesday charging Officer Andrew Perkel, 45, with felony attempted sexual assault and misdemeanor charges of public lewdness and indecent exposure.
"The charges are not true and we are anxious for a trial," said Chris Gunter, Perkel's defense lawyer.
"Everything that transpired between these two people was consensual," Gunter said, declining to elaborate on the September incident.
Perkel, a 14-year veteran of the Austin police, has been placed on temporary suspension with pay pending the outcome of the criminal cases and an internal affairs investigation, the Austin Police Department said in a statement.
The department's integrity crimes unit forwarded the case to the Travis County District Attorney's Office after investigating the incident, according to the statement.
A conviction for attempted sexual assault is punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=state&id=4887283
A Travis County grand jury issued an indictment Wednesday charging Officer Andrew Perkel, 45, with felony attempted sexual assault and misdemeanor charges of public lewdness and indecent exposure.
"The charges are not true and we are anxious for a trial," said Chris Gunter, Perkel's defense lawyer.
"Everything that transpired between these two people was consensual," Gunter said, declining to elaborate on the September incident.
Perkel, a 14-year veteran of the Austin police, has been placed on temporary suspension with pay pending the outcome of the criminal cases and an internal affairs investigation, the Austin Police Department said in a statement.
The department's integrity crimes unit forwarded the case to the Travis County District Attorney's Office after investigating the incident, according to the statement.
A conviction for attempted sexual assault is punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=state&id=4887283