New York – Two police officers from New York City were suspended after being accused of robbery and forceing a sex worker while responding to a complaint about an illegal brothel, prosecutors said on Monday.
Officers Justin McMillan and Justin Colon intentionally turned off the cameras of his body when they broke into a residential building, they stole money and touched by force a woman while she was on duty last July, according to the Queens district prosecutor, Melinda Katz.
Patrol officers, who were still in a state of trial after entering the Police Academy in 2023, had been responding to a prostitution report within the building.
The prosecutors say that the two closed their fields before approaching a woman who leaves the building and took a key to her residence.
They returned eight hours later, unlocked the door and found a woman having sex with a man, who fled immediately, according to Katz’s office.
McMillan then stole money from the woman’s bag and played her.
The woman escaped and finally called 911 with the help of others, prosecutors said. Meanwhile, the officers returned to their station without informing the incidents.
McMillan, 27, from Long Island, and Columbus, 24, of Queens, declared themselves innocent during their position reading audiences on Monday in Queens. They were released and must return to the Court on April 28, according to Katz’s office.
Each one faces a forced touch and theft Petit, two charges of robbery and four positions of official misconduct.
The lawyers of the two did not immediately respond to the messages looking for comments.
Officers have been suspended without pay. According to the Police, they were placed in August last August when the New York Police Internal Affairs Office and the Katz office investigated, according to the Police.
“We keep our officers at the highest level of professionalism and integrity, and not comply with that standard is disqualifier,” said Police Commissioner Jessica Tissch in a statement. “Let me be perfectly clear: any officer who violates his oath will be investigated, exposed and considered fully responsible. That standard will never change.”
