Anti-sex assault chief charged in groping
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May 8, 2013, Wednesday
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A US Air Force officer who led the branch's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response unit has been charged with groping a woman in a northern Virginia parking lot.
Arlington County Police said Jeffrey Krusinski of Arlington faces a misdemeanor charge of sexual battery following an alleged assault about 12:30am on Sunday.
A police report says that the 41-year-old Krusinski was drunk and grabbed a woman's breast and buttocks. The woman fought him off and phoned police.
Police spokesman Dustin Sternbeck says Krusinski did not know the woman involved.
Susie Doyle, a spokeswoman for the Arlington County Sheriff's Office, said Krusinski was released on a US$5,000 personal recognizance bond. An arraignment is scheduled for tomorrow.
Air Force spokeswoman Natasha Waggoner said Krusinski was removed from his post in the sexual assault unit after the Air Force learned of his arrest. He started in the post in February.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has spoken with Air Force Secretary Michael Donley about the matter and "expressed outrage and disgust over the troubling allegations and emphasized that this matter will be dealt with swiftly and decisively," Pentagon press secretary George Little said in a statement.
The spokesman said that Hagel has been trying to raise the Pentagon's focus on sexual assault prevention and response, and will soon announce new steps to address "this vile crime."
Krusinski's arrest comes as the military continues to wrestle with how best to handle reports of sexual assault and other sexual misconduct.
Outrage over an Air Force officer's decision to overturn a jury's guilty verdict in a separate sexual assault case has prompted Republicans and Democrats to join forces on ambitious legislation to change the military justice system.
Lawmakers have interpreted Hagel's recent proposal to essentially strip commanding officers of their ability to reverse criminal convictions of service members as an opening to revise the decades-old Uniform Code of Military Justice.
Arlington County Police said Jeffrey Krusinski of Arlington faces a misdemeanor charge of sexual battery following an alleged assault about 12:30am on Sunday.
A police report says that the 41-year-old Krusinski was drunk and grabbed a woman's breast and buttocks. The woman fought him off and phoned police.
Police spokesman Dustin Sternbeck says Krusinski did not know the woman involved.
Susie Doyle, a spokeswoman for the Arlington County Sheriff's Office, said Krusinski was released on a US$5,000 personal recognizance bond. An arraignment is scheduled for tomorrow.
Air Force spokeswoman Natasha Waggoner said Krusinski was removed from his post in the sexual assault unit after the Air Force learned of his arrest. He started in the post in February.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has spoken with Air Force Secretary Michael Donley about the matter and "expressed outrage and disgust over the troubling allegations and emphasized that this matter will be dealt with swiftly and decisively," Pentagon press secretary George Little said in a statement.
The spokesman said that Hagel has been trying to raise the Pentagon's focus on sexual assault prevention and response, and will soon announce new steps to address "this vile crime."
Krusinski's arrest comes as the military continues to wrestle with how best to handle reports of sexual assault and other sexual misconduct.
Outrage over an Air Force officer's decision to overturn a jury's guilty verdict in a separate sexual assault case has prompted Republicans and Democrats to join forces on ambitious legislation to change the military justice system.
Lawmakers have interpreted Hagel's recent proposal to essentially strip commanding officers of their ability to reverse criminal convictions of service members as an opening to revise the decades-old Uniform Code of Military Justice.
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