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03-20-2008, 11:58 AM
TV anchor's cop husband charged with ****
NEW ROCHELLE, New York (AP) -- A suburban police sergeant who is married to a New York City anchorwoman was charged Wednesday with ****** a 17-year-old girl hours after he helped arrest her boyfriend at her house.
New Rochelle Sgt. David Rodriguez pleaded not guilty to forcible ****, agreed to an order of protection keeping him away from the teenager and posted $25,000 bail. If convicted, he could be sentenced to up to 25 years in prison.
Rodriguez did not speak after the arraignment, but his attorney Stephen Worth said the charge was false and the investigation was slipshod. He said the girl "has a number of motives to make up a false allegation," but he did not elaborate.
The sergeant's wife, Darlene Rodriguez, anchorwoman of WNBC-TV's "Today in New York," was in tears outside the courtroom before the arraignment. She left the courthouse dry-eyed with her husband and said, "I'm here to support my husband. I believe in him. I love him. He's innocent 100 percent."
Police Commissioner Patrick Carroll said the investigation was thorough.
"We took our time," he said. "We didn't jump to any conclusions."
Carroll had announced the **** (http://topics.cnn.com/topics/sexual_offenses) allegation, without naming David Rodriguez, more than a month ago and suspended him with pay. Rodriguez, 36, of Croton-on-Hudson, was suspended without pay Wednesday.
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http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/03/19/cop.****.ap/index.html
NEW ROCHELLE, New York (AP) -- A suburban police sergeant who is married to a New York City anchorwoman was charged Wednesday with ****** a 17-year-old girl hours after he helped arrest her boyfriend at her house.
New Rochelle Sgt. David Rodriguez pleaded not guilty to forcible ****, agreed to an order of protection keeping him away from the teenager and posted $25,000 bail. If convicted, he could be sentenced to up to 25 years in prison.
Rodriguez did not speak after the arraignment, but his attorney Stephen Worth said the charge was false and the investigation was slipshod. He said the girl "has a number of motives to make up a false allegation," but he did not elaborate.
The sergeant's wife, Darlene Rodriguez, anchorwoman of WNBC-TV's "Today in New York," was in tears outside the courtroom before the arraignment. She left the courthouse dry-eyed with her husband and said, "I'm here to support my husband. I believe in him. I love him. He's innocent 100 percent."
Police Commissioner Patrick Carroll said the investigation was thorough.
"We took our time," he said. "We didn't jump to any conclusions."
Carroll had announced the **** (http://topics.cnn.com/topics/sexual_offenses) allegation, without naming David Rodriguez, more than a month ago and suspended him with pay. Rodriguez, 36, of Croton-on-Hudson, was suspended without pay Wednesday.
http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/socialdiary/2006/11_30_06/images/diaz/CIMG0164.jpg
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/03/19/cop.****.ap/index.html