LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Oct. 5 (UPI) -- An ex-Arkansas police officer was sentenced to 17 years and eight months for sexually abusing two men in his custody, the Justice Department said Tuesday.
Alvin Jeremy Hampton, a former Carlisle, Ark., police officer, was arrested June 10 following a sting operation conducted by the FBI.
Hampton pleaded guilty July 23 to using his power as a police officer to coerce individuals in his custody into performing sexual acts.
Specifically, on two occasions he arrested individuals for minor infractions and threatened them with incarceration if they refused his sexual demands, the department said. One assault took place at Hampton's apartment and another in his office at the Carlisle Police Department.
Hampton had been an officer with the Carlisle Police Department from March 2002 until his termination in June 2004.
