{"id":1350,"date":"2022-09-16T12:13:41","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T17:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2022\/09\/16\/kansas-city-detective-roger-golubski-arrested\/10401048002\/"},"modified":"2022-12-28T12:19:49","modified_gmt":"2022-12-28T18:19:49","slug":"ex-kansas-city-detective-roger-golubski-arrested-indicted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/more2.org\/ex-kansas-city-detective-roger-golubski-arrested-indicted\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Kansas City detective Roger Golubski arrested, indicted"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<h1 class=\"gnt_ar_hl\">Ex-detective long-accused of sexually preying on Black women arrested on federal charges<\/h1>\n<p>Margaret Stafford and John Hanna<\/p>\n<p>Associated Press<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_vp__tavp\" aria-label=\"Video - Countdown to Christmas. Here's 3 holiday moments to make you smile\"><\/aside>\n<div class=\"gnt_ar_b\">\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">TOPEKA, Kan. \u2013 A former Kansas City, Kansas, police detective who has long been accused of sexually preying on Black women during criminal investigations was indicted Thursday on charges that he sexually abused two women, the FBI said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Roger Golubski, 69, was arrested at his home in Edwardsville after a federal grand jury indicted him on six counts of civil rights violations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">During a 15-minute hearing, U.S. Magistrate Judge Rebecca Schwarz entered a not guilty plea to all six charges for Golubski, who asked to remain silent. She set a hearing for 3 p.m. Monday on whether he should remain behind bars before his trial. A pretrial hearing was scheduled for Oct. 12.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cI am so happy and stunned at the arrest of that man,\u201d one of his alleged victims, Ophelia Williams, said in a statement released by MORE2, a civil rights organization. \u201cI pray that after so many years we finally get justice, people can finally relax, and I can finally sleep at night.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"><\/aside>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Associated Press and USA TODAY generally do not name alleged victims of sexual assault, but Williams has allowed her name to be used in previous stories.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">Migrants in Martha&#8217;s Vineyard:<\/strong><a href=\"\/story\/news\/nation\/2022\/09\/16\/marthas-vineyard-migrants-cape-cod\/10398087002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b&#124;e&#124;spike click:6&#124;${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Migrants sent to Martha&#8217;s Vineyard by Florida Gov. DeSantis have been moved to military base<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">FedEx stock tanks:<\/strong><a href=\"\/story\/money\/markets\/2022\/09\/16\/fedex-stock-warning-recession\/10398126002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b&#124;e&#124;spike click:7&#124;${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">FedEx recession warning sends stocks lower ahead of crucial Fed meeting next week<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/09\/16\/USAT\/212a15d0-cea8-45c4-b949-40ff4d2d1006-1000.jpeg?width=660&#038;height=441&#038;fit=crop&#038;format=pjpg&#038;auto=webp\" alt=\"FILE - This undated photo provided by the Edwardsville Police Department shows former Kansas City, Kansas Police detective Roger Golubski. The former police detective who has long been accused of preying on Black women during criminal investigations was indicted Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, on charges that he sexually abused two women, the FBI said.\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Golubski\u2019s court-appointed attorney, Tom Lemon of Topeka, indicated that he will ask that Golubski be released before trial because he undergoes daily treatments for serious health issues, including dialysis three or four days a week for failing kidneys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Golubski is also receiving treatment after quintuple heart bypass surgery in April and takes insulin shots for diabetes, said Lemon, who declined to comment after the hearing.<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"><\/aside>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cHe has been told that if he misses six dialysis treatments, he is going to die,\u201d Lemon said in court. \u201cIf he doesn\u2019t receive that daily treatment, he\u2019s going to have trouble helping me in his defense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Golubski spoke only when Schwarz asked him whether he wanted her to appoint an attorney for him.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"gnt_ar_b_h2\">Assault allegations ranged from 1998 to 2002<\/h2>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Golubski retired in 2010 after working for the Kansas City Police Department for 35 years. The FBI\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/police-kansas-city-kansas-4d005737c9046b7d65363a6e82f93493\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b&#124;e&#124;inline click&#124;${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">has been investigating<\/a> allegations\u00a0that Golubski, who is white, sexually assaulted Black women in the city and exchanged drugs for information during criminal investigations.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_anc\" id=\"gnt_atomsnc\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-method=\"loadAnc\" aria-label=\"Newsletter signup form\"><\/aside>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The federal indictment announced Thursday accuses Golubski of sexually assaulting two women, identified as S.K., and O.W., on several occasions between 1998 and 2002. The indictment does not state the race of the women.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">He is accused of raping both women and forcing them to perform oral sex on him several times in his vehicle and at the women\u2019s homes. Golubski\u2019s conduct included aggravated sexual abuse and kidnapping, according to the indictment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">If convicted of any of the counts, Golubski could be sentenced to life in prison.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">Reverse Freedom Riders:<\/strong><a href=\"\/story\/news\/politics\/2022\/09\/16\/reverse-freedom-riders-florida-migrant-marthas-vineyard\/10399844002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b&#124;e&#124;spike click:20&#124;${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Cape Cod migrant crisis evokes 50-year-old memories of similar ploy<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"gnt_ar_b_h2\">Civil rights groups sought probe for years<\/h2>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Civil rights groups for years sought an investigation into Golubski\u2019s conduct. The allegations against him drew more attention after Lamont McIntyre, who spent 23 years in prison for a double murder he didn\u2019t commit,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/lawsuits-kansas-city-kansas-7b4c4af7410f67d20fd19cb2e9235aad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b&#124;e&#124;inline click&#124;${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">sued Golubski<\/a>\u00a0and other Kansas City, Kansas, officers after he was released.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">McIntyre and his mother, Rose McIntyre, alleged in the lawsuit that Golubski framed Lamont for a double homicide in 1994 because Rose\u00a0refused the detective\u2019s sexual demands. The local government agreed in June to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/lawsuits-kansas-city-96f163ee13c721c0ab53899dcad05897\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b&#124;e&#124;inline click&#124;${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">settle the lawsuit<\/a>\u00a0for $12.5 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">When deposed by McIntyre\u2019s lawyers in the case, Golubski invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination hundreds of times. He has consistently declined media requests to comment on the allegations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Cheryl Pilate and Lindsay Runnels, attorneys for the McIntyres, commended federal law enforcement agencies on the arrest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Midwest Innocence Project, a civil rights group that works to free wrongfully convicted inmates, said in a statement that Golubski\u2019s arrest was \u201cthe first step\u201d in finding justice for those harmed by law enforcement officials, particularly Black women.<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"><\/aside>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Kansas City police Chief Karl Oakman and Wyandotte County District Attorney Mark Dupree each issued a statement pledging to continue cooperating with the investigation and said the arrest proved that no one was above the law.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Executives with MORE2, which also pushed for an investigation into Golubski, applauded his arrest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cIt took over three decades, thirty years of this man living like he is a law-abiding citizen and he is one of the biggest criminals we have in Wyandotte County,\u201d MORE 2 board member Violet Martin said in a statement. She believes her brother and cousin are wrongfully incarcerated because of Golubski.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">A diner used servers&#8217; tip money to pay its bussers&#8217; wages.\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"\/story\/news\/nation\/2022\/09\/16\/pennsylvania-empire-diner-tip-pool\/10399428002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b&#124;e&#124;spike click:31&#124;${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Now it has to pay $1.35 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In 2020, a coalition of Kansas lawmakers, religious leaders and racial justice advocates\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/religion-us-news-police-crime-abuse-of-women-4029e8e0d18a3af50c5b219afe7a0f41\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b&#124;e&#124;inline click&#124;${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">asked the Kansas Bureau of Investigation to investigate\u00a0Golubski<\/a> and other members of the department who were accused of misconduct and abuse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">And in 2021, an<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/entertainment-music-arts-and-entertainment-crime-police-54f4c7a47df11cd937aacdb180b4b25e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b&#124;e&#124;inline click&#124;${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">\u00a0organization run by rapper Jay-Z<\/a> filed\u00a0a petition seeking records from the police department related to what it called a history of officer misconduct within the department.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/img><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2022\/09\/16\/kansas-city-detective-roger-golubski-arrested\/10401048002\/\" target=\"_blank\" pf-nom-item-id=\"1349\" rel=\"noopener\">Ex-Kansas City detective Roger Golubski arrested, indicted<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ex-detective long-accused of sexually preying on Black women arrested on federal charges Margaret Stafford and John Hanna Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. \u2013 A former Kansas &#8230;<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/more2.org\/ex-kansas-city-detective-roger-golubski-arrested-indicted\/\">...<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[59],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/more2.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1350"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/more2.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/more2.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/more2.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/more2.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/more2.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1350\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/more2.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/more2.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/more2.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}