Opinion ID: 2508592
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Characterization of a Police Report

Text: Petitioner says the hearing panel erred when it found in paragraph 27 [11] that he informed police ... an adult female ... accused [him] of a sexual assault[.] Petitioner urges that the police report actually says that the woman, in a dispute over a bill, actually stated if she didn't get her money back she would accuse [him] of sexual abuse. [N]o accusation was ever made[,] Petitioner says, nor was he questioned about the subject by the panel. A January 9, 1995 report by a Detective K. Joseph Langer about Petitioner's police interview during the investigation of his adopted daughter's sexual assault accusation says, in relevant part: I then asked [Petitioner] if there were any other claims of sexual abuse against him in his past. He said that when he was the owner of ... a customer came in and stated she wanted her money back. [Petitioner] said he refused to refund the money. [Petitioner] said at that time the customer said she would claim sex abuse against [Petitioner]. [Petitioner] said he refunded the money to her. [Petitioner] said he does not know if the woman made a police report. He said he was never charged and this incident would have occurred between 1990 and 1992. On this point, Petitioner's characterization of the police report is more accurate than the hearing panel's finding. [12]