telephone. No officer responded to the Sharp home or directed Mr. Sharp to come to the police department for an interview on the day of the assault. The telephone interview with Mr. Sharp lasted no more than three to five minutes. The detective interviewing Mr. Sharp used words he could not understand, such as and Mr. Sharp told the “penetration” “ejaculation.” detective that his penis in upon the fact that “Jake put [my] butt.” Based there was no reported penetration into the anus, LPD declined to send Mr. Sharp for a Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) examination. Mr. Sharp was told by the detective that he could bathe. According to the Service Coordinator, the detective there was any evidence, it will said, “If be there The detective advised Mrs. Sharp to arrange for Mr. tomorrow.” Sharp to be seen by his primary care physician. The physician prescribed preventative HIV medication. Two days later, Mr. Sharp went to the police station with his mother to be interviewed and to identify Jake using photographs in the LPD imaging files. The interview and photo review lasted approximately twenty minutes. In his interview, Mr. Sharp repeated that he penis in his buttocks. felt Jake’s The LPD detective again asked Mrs. Sharp about Mr. cognitive Sharp’s capacity and if Mr. Sharp was known to lie. Although the photo line-up proved fruitless, Mr. Sharp correctly identified Jake 20 days later using photos supplied by the fitness center of their members. The day after being identified by Mr. Sharp, Jake was interviewed by LPD. He initially denied any inappropriate contact with Mr. Sharp. When asked to provide a DNA sample, Jake admitted touching Mr. Sharp on the arm, chest, back, and legs while in the locker room but denied any sexual contact. Ultimately, law enforcement concluded that something “upsetting” happened to Mr. Sharp in the locker room but no charges were brought against Jake because of a lack of physical evidence and no corroborating witnesses. As the investigation stalled, Mr. Sharp expressed concern to his Service Coordinator that, is going to get away with it, with “Jake what he’s done. And maybe do it to She said, it was someone else.” “He didn’t think fair.”
telephone. No officer responded to the Sharp home or directed Mr. Sharp to come to the police department for an interview on the day of the assault. The telephone interview with Mr. Sharp lasted no more than three to five minutes. The detective interviewing Mr. Sharp used words he could not understand, such as “penetration” and “ejaculation.” Mr. Sharp told the detective that “Jake put his penis in [my] butt.” Based upon the fact that there was no reported penetration into the anus, LPD declined to send Mr. Sharp for a Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) examination. Mr. Sharp was told by the detective that he could bathe. According to the Service Coordinator, the detective said, “If there was any evidence, it will be there tomorrow.” The detective advised Mrs. Sharp to arrange for Mr. Sharp to be seen by his primary care physician. The physician prescribed preventative HIV medication. Two days later, Mr. Sharp went to the police station with his mother to be interviewed and to identify Jake using photographs in the LPD imaging files. The interview and photo review lasted approximately twenty minutes. In his interview, Mr. Sharp repeated that he felt Jake’s penis in his buttocks. The LPD detective again asked Mrs. Sharp about Mr. Sharp’s cognitive capacity and if Mr. Sharp was known to lie. Although the photo line-up proved fruitless, Mr. Sharp correctly identified Jake 20 days later using photos supplied by the fitness center of their members. The day after being identified by Mr. Sharp, Jake was interviewed by LPD. He initially denied any inappropriate contact with Mr. Sharp. When asked to provide a DNA sample, Jake admitted touching Mr. Sharp on the arm, chest, back, and legs while in the locker room but denied any sexual contact. Ultimately, law enforcement concluded that something “upsetting” happened to Mr. Sharp in the locker room but no charges were brought against Jake because of a lack of physical evidence and no corroborating witnesses. As the investigation stalled, Mr. Sharp expressed concern to his Service Coordinator that, “Jake is going to get away with it, with what he’s done. And maybe do it to someone else.” She said, “He didn’t think it was fair.”
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