former Georgetown police officer Jimmy Fennell was sentenced of two years behind bars on charges of improper sexual activity with a person in custody and 10 years in prison for kidnapping.Fennell waived a jury trial and pleaded guilty last week.
The Williamson County district attorney said "a rogue officer was punished for serious crimes. He will never again hold a peace officer's license."The judge only took a few minutes to decide Fennell's fate. The judge told Fennell that he had shamed his department, his family and that he had shaken the public trust in the police department and therefore he would be receiving the maximum punishment.
District Attorney John Bradley said this case would have been difficult to take to trial due to bad investigative work on behalf of the Georgetown Polce Dept.
He indicated that there was corruption at work and that Fennell had been in charge of his own investigation and had altered evidence to protect himself. Former Georgetown police officer Jimmy Fennell was sentenced to 10 years behind bars.The city is also going to have their hands full due to a federal civil lawsuit that the victim has filed because of Fennell's behavior. Fennell pleaded guilty in May to felony charges of kidnapping and improper sexual activity with a person in custody. The charges come from an Oct. 26 incident in which Fennell responded to a domestic disturbance call at a woman’s home, and according to court documents, he forced the woman to go with him in his patrol car, dance for him and have sex with him.
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