Posted On:
May 12, 2010
Charleston police officer resigned over sex allegations
Former Charleston police officer Joseph DiMeglio resigned in February following allegations of sexually assaulting a woman while he was on duty and in uniform. He was never charged criminally - he admitted that he had sex with the woman in a public place in downtown Charleston, against the trunk of his cruiser, but claimed that the sex was consensual. The woman had claimed that she was raped in the early hours of the morning, against the trunk of DiMeglio's patrol car, before being taken to a hotel, and officers noted that there were bruises on her thigh.
She later asked that DiMeglio not be prosecuted, saying that due to the amount she had to drink she could not recall if the sex was consensual or not.
