- Ex-cop pleads guilty to gross sexual imposition and misdemeanor interfering with civil rights
- Former East Cleveland Officer Kenneth Bolton Jr. made the deal to avoid kidnapping charges
- Bolton will have to register as a sex offender and will be barred from joining law enforcement in the future
- Bolton illegally pulled over two women in February and used a sex toy he found in the back seat to rub their genitals
- Bolton was fired two weeks later following an internal investigation
- The former police officer is scheduled for sentencing on Oct. 16
A suburban Cleveland police officer suspected of assaulting two women with a sex toy during an illegal traffic stop has pleaded guilty to charges including gross sexual imposition.
Cleveland.com reports that prosecutors dropped a kidnapping charge against former East Cleveland Officer Kenneth Bolton Jr., of Middlefield, as part of a plea deal.
Bolton will also be plea guilty to a misdemeanor charge of interfering with civil rights, the publication added on Monday.
Former East Cleveland Officer Kenneth Bolton Jr. plead guilty to gross sexual imposition and misdemeanor interfering with civil rights on Monday
Prosecutors say Bolton illegally pulled over two women, ages 22 and 23, on Euclid Avenue and Lee Road on the night of Feb. 23.
He then used a sex toy he found in the back seat to rub their genitals over their clothing while they were seated in the vehicle.
Following a two week internal investigation after the incident, Bolton was fired from the East Cleveland police department.
Bolton will also have to register as a sex offender as part of his plea deal, which bars him from becoming a law enforcement officer in the future.
Police Chief Michael Cardilli sacked Bolton after he gave a statement ‘admitting to numerous misdemeanor and felony laws’ being broken, which Cardilli detailed in a termination letter sent Bolton and prosecutors.
Bolton is scheduled for sentencing on Oct. 16.
Bolton is scheduled for sentencing on Oct. 16 at the Cuyahoga County courthouse in Cleveland
Prosecutors say Bolton illegally pulled over two women, ages 22 and 23, on Euclid Avenue and Lee Road and used a sex toy to assault them