Lawyer: Detective too burned out to probe child abuse cases
Source: Associated Press
Updated 3:54 pm, Friday, June 30, 2017
OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) — A former Oregon detective has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors for failing to investigate reports of child abuse, behavior his lawyer said was caused by burnout.
Ex-Clackamas County sheriff's Detective Jeffrey Allen Green, 59, pleaded guilty on Thursday, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported (http://bit.ly/2t9qqDE ). Green was accused of not investigating more than 50 cases during his six years as a detective. Green's lawyer, William Bruce Shepley, told the judge his client wasn't doing his job because he "suffered from a terrible case of burnout."
Green was assigned to an array of crimes in Wilsonville, including rape, child sexual assault and theft.
In some cases, Green didn't track down and identify suspects, submit DNA evidence from a rape kit to the state crime lab for analysis or make contact with victims or their families, prosecutors said.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Lawyer-says-detective-didn-t-investigate-because-11259339.php
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