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Anchorage police officer charged with sexual assaults www.privateofficer.com
July 16, 2009
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska July 16 2009— A decorated Anchorage police officer has been accused of sexually assaulting multiple women while he was on duty.
Anthony Rollins, a 13-year veteran and former department spokesman, was indicted by a grand jury and arrested Wednesday. He’s being held on a $100,000 bond.
“Let me stress that Rollins’ alleged actions are aberrant and detestable,” Police Chief Rob Heun said at a press conference. “Officers are compelled to function independently within the confines of the laws they are sworn to uphold and have the authority to enforce. They are and should be trusted to protect life, to protect property and maintain order.”
Rollin, 41, is charged with four counts of first-degree sexual assault, six counts of second-degree sexual assault, four counts of criminal use of a computer and six counts of official misconduct.
A local group that supports victims of sexual assault — Standing Together Against Rape — brought one woman’s allegations to the police department’s attention in April.
Authorities said that police, with assistance from the FBI, then began an investigation into Rollins’ past contact with women, and found five more alleged victims as far back as March 2006. Heun would not elaborate on how Rollins met the women, saying only that Rollins encountered them during field interviews.
Details of the assaults were sketchy in the indictment documents. Police and prosecutors also gave few details, saying the investigation is ongoing.
Rollins, who is married, has been honored by police several times. Last year, he received the department’s Medal of Valor for rescuing a man from a burning building. In 2004, he received the department’s Meritorious Conduct award for his role in an anti-bullying program in local schools.
Nancy Haag, executive director of Standing Together Against Rape, said the group does not comment on specific individuals or cases.
“Any sexual assault is traumatic and I’m sure an authority figure only compounds that trauma, fear and hopelessness,” she said. “In general the issues that need to be recognized here are those who perpetrate these crimes need to be held accountable and the survivors need deserve to be heard, believed and offered support.”
Rollins is set for a court appearance on Friday.
Anthony Rollins, a 13-year veteran and former department spokesman, was indicted by a grand jury and arrested Wednesday. He’s being held on a $100,000 bond.
“Let me stress that Rollins’ alleged actions are aberrant and detestable,” Police Chief Rob Heun said at a press conference. “Officers are compelled to function independently within the confines of the laws they are sworn to uphold and have the authority to enforce. They are and should be trusted to protect life, to protect property and maintain order.”
Rollin, 41, is charged with four counts of first-degree sexual assault, six counts of second-degree sexual assault, four counts of criminal use of a computer and six counts of official misconduct.
A local group that supports victims of sexual assault — Standing Together Against Rape — brought one woman’s allegations to the police department’s attention in April.
Authorities said that police, with assistance from the FBI, then began an investigation into Rollins’ past contact with women, and found five more alleged victims as far back as March 2006. Heun would not elaborate on how Rollins met the women, saying only that Rollins encountered them during field interviews.
Details of the assaults were sketchy in the indictment documents. Police and prosecutors also gave few details, saying the investigation is ongoing.
Rollins, who is married, has been honored by police several times. Last year, he received the department’s Medal of Valor for rescuing a man from a burning building. In 2004, he received the department’s Meritorious Conduct award for his role in an anti-bullying program in local schools.
Nancy Haag, executive director of Standing Together Against Rape, said the group does not comment on specific individuals or cases.
“Any sexual assault is traumatic and I’m sure an authority figure only compounds that trauma, fear and hopelessness,” she said. “In general the issues that need to be recognized here are those who perpetrate these crimes need to be held accountable and the survivors need deserve to be heard, believed and offered support.”
Rollins is set for a court appearance on Friday.
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Alaska teacher arrested for abusing minor www.privateofficer.com
May 19, 2009
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska May 19 2009
ktuu.com — A teacher, coach, mentor and youth group leader is behind bars, charged with 14 felony counts of sexually abusing a minor.
Police arrested 25-year-old Jenson Eugene Seifert on Friday at Birchwood Christian School.
And because of his close contact with so many children, police fear there could be more victims.
According to police Seifert used his role as a teacher and mentor to gain the trust of children, and in at least one case took advantage of that trust.
“The report was that a child had disclosed that a youth pastor teacher at the school had sexually molested him,” said Sgt. Cindi Stanton with the Anchorage Police Department.
Friday police headed to Birchwood Christian School and the Crossing Church where Seifert works. He was taken in for questioning and police say he later admitted abusing the 14-year-old boy on several occasions.
“These people gain the trust of the family — it’s family friends, relatives,” Stanton said.
That’s exactly what happened in this case. Seifert was close with the family.
But according to charging documents the boy’s mother noticed her son had become withdrawn around Seifert and asked him if something had happened.
The 14-year-old told her, “… that Seifert had touched him in a private area during an overnight youth trip to Alyeska …”
And when police questioned Seifert he broke down, saying, “… I just want to help fix what I did wrong …,” eventually admitting “… there were several times when he touched the victim and ‘did what he did,’” according to court documents.
Police are urging parents to talk with their children.
“But generally speaking there is not just one victim when someone actually comes forward with crimes of this magnitude,” Stanton said.
Calls to the school were not returned. This, a lesson, no one here likely wanted to learn.
Seifert is charged with two counts of sexual abuse of a minor in the first degree and 12 counts of sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree.
ktuu.com — A teacher, coach, mentor and youth group leader is behind bars, charged with 14 felony counts of sexually abusing a minor.
Police arrested 25-year-old Jenson Eugene Seifert on Friday at Birchwood Christian School.
And because of his close contact with so many children, police fear there could be more victims.
According to police Seifert used his role as a teacher and mentor to gain the trust of children, and in at least one case took advantage of that trust.
“The report was that a child had disclosed that a youth pastor teacher at the school had sexually molested him,” said Sgt. Cindi Stanton with the Anchorage Police Department.
Friday police headed to Birchwood Christian School and the Crossing Church where Seifert works. He was taken in for questioning and police say he later admitted abusing the 14-year-old boy on several occasions.
“These people gain the trust of the family — it’s family friends, relatives,” Stanton said.
That’s exactly what happened in this case. Seifert was close with the family.
But according to charging documents the boy’s mother noticed her son had become withdrawn around Seifert and asked him if something had happened.
The 14-year-old told her, “… that Seifert had touched him in a private area during an overnight youth trip to Alyeska …”
And when police questioned Seifert he broke down, saying, “… I just want to help fix what I did wrong …,” eventually admitting “… there were several times when he touched the victim and ‘did what he did,’” according to court documents.
Police are urging parents to talk with their children.
“But generally speaking there is not just one victim when someone actually comes forward with crimes of this magnitude,” Stanton said.
Calls to the school were not returned. This, a lesson, no one here likely wanted to learn.
Seifert is charged with two counts of sexual abuse of a minor in the first degree and 12 counts of sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree.
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