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San Jose police officer charged with rapeHenry K. Lee

Updated 7:29 am, Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Police Officer Geoffrey Graves is accused of raping a woman at a hotel. Photo: Associated Press

A San Jose police officer has been arrested and

charged with raping a woman while on duty

after she had argued with her husband,

authorities said Tuesday.

Officer Geoffrey Graves, 38, who has been

with the Police Department for six years, was

charged by Santa Clara County prosecutors

with forcible rape in connection with a Sept.

22 incident.

The incident began when Graves and three

other San Jose officers responded to a family

disturbance involving a married couple about 2

a.m., prosecutors said. The officers determined

that both spouses had been drinking and had

argued, but that no crime had occurred,

authorities said.

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The woman, who works as a hotel maid, told

officers that she wanted to spend the night at a

hotel where she had previously worked.

About 2:30 a.m., Graves drove the woman to

the hotel, where she went to her room alone

and fell asleep, authorities said.

Fifteen minutes later, the woman heard knocking and opened the door.

"The defendant entered the room, grabbed the victim forcibly and pushed her onto the

bed," Sgt. Craig Storlie, a San Jose police internal affairs investigator, wrote in an affidavit.

Graves then "took off parts of his uniform with the exception of his bulletproof vest,"

climbed on top of the struggling woman and raped her, Storlie wrote.

The woman reported the incident in October, prompting an investigation by San

Jose police.

"Physical evidence corroborates the victim's allegations," and the woman identified Graves

as the attacker, prosecutors said.

Graves surrendered Monday and was booked into county jail, San Jose police said. He

posted $100,000 bail and is on paid administrative leave.

"We take enormous pride in the quality of our law enforcement officers in this county,"

District Attorney Jeff Rosen said. "Although rare, on-duty misdeeds bestow an unjustified

blight on the stellar reputation of our hard-working peace officers. The defendant will be

held accountable for his unlawful actions."

Police Chief Larry Esquivel called the case one that "tugs at our integrity," but added that

"it is an isolated incident."

Henry K. Lee is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: hlee@sfchronicle.com

Twitter: @henryklee

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your_gramma Rank 3947

In our lifetime, we will have drones patrolling the streets .

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your_gramma Rank 3947

Tip of the berg here.

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pc487 Rank 1893

Dash cams and body cams that are on 100% of the time while on duty. Random review of footageby civilian review committee. Discipline for being an jack hole to the public, including breakingtraffic laws without an emergency. Automatic termination if they take them off while on duty. Goodcops still get to be good cops. Bad cops are watched all of the time and will be caught. They arepublic servants, not overloards.

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jdg222 Rank 3404

@pc487 I would like to add that in any criminal trial, the judge would have to advisejurors to take into consideration the credibility of police testimony if not backed upwith video evidence if the officers' bodies/cars are equipped with cams. The witnesswould have to convince the jury that the cam was not turned on for a VERY goodreason.

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Ginger80 Rank 1005

@pc487

100% of the time? Even when they're using the toilet? Or on a lunch break, and say,on the phone talking to their spouse? I think that even officers have a right to someprivacy.

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Norm_Abram Rank 1861

paid administrative leave??????????? That's crazy.

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bebopcharlie Rank 1390

Makes you wonder what else this guy might have been up to ?

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wasasailor Rank 11265

"Police Chief Larry Esquivel called the case one that "tugs at our integrity," but added that "it isan isolated incident."

The ONLY isolated incident is when these scumbags don't get away with what they do to humanbeings ALMOST EVERY DAY. The are jealous of the higher life form that is a human being.

NoReason Rank 22

If the rape occurred back in October, why the hell did it take so long to get around to arresting the

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guy?

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IPredictARiot Rank 382

@NoReason

Building evidence, most likely. You know, so that he's actually convicted,terminated, and incarcerated.

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fladabosco Rank 648

As a long time resident of San Jose I really dislike the turn the police department is taking. Haveyou seen the recruitment ad they aired recently? Aside from terrible production values and atotally hokey quality, it showed a team of battle dressed cops descending on a warehouse likeNavy Seals looking for Bin Laden and they heroically arrest an old man with a gun. The kind ofpeople they are trying to attract are those that want to be armed to the teeth and feel superior tothe people they... » more

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fladabosco Rank 648

@fladabosco And what kind of horrible, crappy, putrid, amateurish, idiotic numbnutsdecided that viafoura was good technology? What garbage. Those of us with SiliconValley experience know that the problems with viafoura are from either laziness, lackof care, poor leadership and just low quality standards, both from viafoura andanyone who would use their technology. Just the worst.

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GreenBin Rank 5384

Paid leave?

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babymommadrama Rank 307

@GreenBin unions. duh

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IPredictARiot Rank 382

@GreenBin

Up to the moment he's convicted, and not a second more.

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sfnative241 Rank 3759

This police officer's behavior is beyond comprehension, is unforgiveably reprehensible, and is justflat out spiritually and socially immoral. This guy needs to be incarcerated with the worse of theworse, and let prison justice mete out its justice. The only pension reform that needs to beadopted is outright forfeiture whenever ANY PSO is convicted of felonious crimes.

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Backatu Rank 132

@sfnative241

From Jerry Brown's Pension Reform:

• Felons will forfeit pension benefits.

http://gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=17720

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jdg222 Rank 3404

@forthelasttime There's the knee jerk again.

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