Skip navigation.
Home
"The Haymarket Smoking Gun"

Officer In Trouble

Haymarket Police Department

I just learned that yet another Haymarket police officer is in trouble. The officer is accused of having a more than friendly relationship with a girl that lives in town. The girl is saying that nothing happened and so is the officer. The officer is being suspended without pay until the department decides to fire him and or charge him with misconduct. I guess they think if they take away his pay and make him look bad that he would resign. The fact that the evidence against him is non present I guess he will be proven guilty by the department since he is not a part of the three stooges team.

The funny thing is is that the officer was about to make a serious allegation against Chief Roop and Sgt. Breeden for sexual harassment while at a workplace. Yep, didn't we go through this about two years ago when they were found to have been guilty by the town council and forced to be suspended? Yes! See this article... www.HaymarketCouncil.com

Well, it also seems as though this officer may have about 5 or 6 other people that are very reputable and willing to make written sworn statements that this sexual harassment complaint is true and has been ongoing for a long time. But it gets worse.

The friendly chief is also being accused of sexual harassment against a juvenile. Get this, the juvenile is the very same girl that the chief is accusing the officer from above with having a relationship with. Does this sound a little odd to anyone else?

This officer is a person I know from my contact with him on many occasions and I have never seen or heard anything bad about him, yet I have heard many complaints against the chief for this type of act. The officer has never been in trouble with the department and has even won an award for his arrests for DUI's. He is also the officer that implemented a neighborhood watch program for the communities of Haymarket and teaches safety awareness for local schools and child groups. Why would this officer with such an outstanding record with the department and after making his claims of innocence be doing anything wrong? From my understanding, the juvenile was questioned and she too said that nothing has ever happened and that her and the officer are friends and he is friends with her family and all local kids and families in the haymarket area.

Is this some kind of vendetta against an officer that was about to spill the beans on the chief and sgt.? It almost sounds like it to me. I hope this officer fights for his reputation that is at stake and the very same people that accused him are dealt with swiftly without haste with termination. I also hope that the complaint against the chief and sergeant are followed through and are prosecuted by the appropriate persons. I hope this officer sues the town and wins big for slander and being put into a situation where workplace sexual harassment is continueing to this very day.

Washington Post

The Washington Post did a fantastic article about the Town Police in the Sunday edition.. Front page of the Prince William section. Hope you're happy Chief Roop and Sergeant Breeden for allowing this to happen to the town again. Do either of you two know what you are doing or are you too busy flirting with the ladies yourself and not aware that people are getting tired of listening to your sex jokes. Sounds like there might be more than one police officer that is making the complaint against the both of you. Will the town do the usual 15 day suspension or just cover this up? How could the chief of police be so ignorant to talk to another person the way he did especially a juvenile by saying, "Why cant you just be fat and ugly"? Was that his way of putting blame on the girl for all the false accusations against the officer? So both the officer and girl say they are just friends, why are you treating the juvenile with so much disrespect and not looking into the accuser for potential reasons for why her complaint is untruthful? Sounds like you automatically assumed all the accusations against the officer was true before you even heard his side of the story. Is that being fair to anyone involved? You need to own up to everything and apologize to the town once again for embarrassing us with this negative publicity. MAYOR, Will you please get off your butt and do the right thing and FIRE THE CHIEF AND SERGEANT! This type of situation is not going to stop while they are still working for the police. I say every citizen gets a petition together and ask that the two resigns! As for the officer involved, unless this accuser has anything else to prove with real evidence, my suggestion would be to have her publicly apologize to the other girl and the officer for starting all this BS. You also need to bring the officer back to work because we all liked him and respected him regardless of what some jealous 16 year old girl said that happened. I would question her statements thoroughly to find out if she has any proof and to go after her for filing a false complaint against the officer. I'm sure there will be more to come from this...

Once again, Great job Haymarket Police!

LMAO

So it didn't take long to find out who the person was that made all this crap started. Maybe now we can finally get some answers. This girl has made comments to people that she doesn't have any proof against the officer except her own words. I can't believe that the police chief didn't look into this situation more since it was coming from a kid. He should have talked to the alleged victim to find out if this stuff was true before he suspended Officer Ishmael. If all this girl has is her own personal opinion on what happened and nothing more then I expect to see the officer back at work soon! They can't keep him suspended based on a kid saying something bad about a cop. Who do you believe the most? A police officer that testifies in court all the time or some juvenile that has a boyfriend problem that is insecure over another girl talking to her boyfriend. This kid might get sued by the officer. Just in case nobody else is aware about who this kid is, she is the one that lives on Comanche Ct. and never has her small dog on a leash! She is also the one that I've seen smoking while walking around with her boyfriend. Is she going to be charged with poss of tobacco or will she get immunity for trying to get a police officer in trouble?!

WOW

If this is all true and the girl is having problems with another girl and Officer Ishmael got suckered into this I truly feel sorry for him. I don't care if it's high schoolers or adults, you don't mess with someone's life by talking about them and especially if it isn't true. I hope this kid has some serious proof to show that something happened! Otherwise her allegations wont amount to anything and this officer is going to go after her in court and I wouldn't blame him. If this happened to me and ruined my rep and career you better believe that somebody would pay for it. Until someone can show me that Officer Ishmael did something wrong and I don't mean with just words, I will still support him.

Go after her

Officer Ishmael, if you know who this person is then go after her! She has to prove in court that what she said to start this was true and her words alone wont cover it. She will have to produce physical evidence to substantiate what the accusation was about. If it was giving a juvenile a cigarette then she better have more than just a friend be her evidence because that wont fly. She will have to show some type of proof and I doubt she has any if this never happened. Same goes for the accusation of allowing a juvenile to drink. She better be able to prove it. I would LOVE to follow this story. I have never figured out why people make accusations when they cant prove something is true. Everyone should know that when it comes to courts they don't go based on words alone they want to see something to make it real. This girl has no chance in court if you sue her. I just doubt you'll get anything from her if she is some kid without a job. But I am pretty sure the courts would garnish her wages once she does get a job. Good Luck!

Now I Know

So I was just told who made the allegations against me. Very surprised.

just found out

Just found out who made the accusations against officer Ishmael. It was two juveniles that live in the town. One lives in Long Street Common's and the other lives in Haymarket Village. Didn't take long for their names to be discovered. They've been talking to tons of people. Good job girls. Get something better to do with your out of school hours rather than make up stories and trying to ruin a cops career and another girls reputation. Get a life and stay out of others! Aren't the two of you related somehow like cousins? Great way to stick up for one another when it comes to telling lies against others. Shame!

I agree with you

I hope he sues the hell out of both of you two juvenile girls! It will serve you right for not learning how to mind your own business and to not make assumptions over what you perceive to be correct information. This is why nobody ever believes what a child says when high school kids like these two are telling lies for no reason other than to get back at another girl and somehow get the officer in trouble. I don't think it was even their plan to get the officer fired. I think they just wanted to make the girl look bad. Well you almost succeeded. I hope she can sue your butts too. Maybe your parents will help you both out with lawyer costs and then the lawsuit expenses. Maybe the courts will make you both pay so much that your parents have to lose their houses to pay off the lawsuit and then you can get the full punishment that you deserve for starting all this crap.

Thank you

Again, thank you to everybody that has helped me by showing and voicing your support. I greatly appreciate it and so does my friends and family. I have missed working for your community and hope to get this resolved soon so I can return. Please be assured that Prince William County is trying their best to provide you with their services. Try to understand if they don't arrive right away it may be because they have other area's they are to patrol and they will have to leave their area's to respond to Haymarket, BUT THEY WILL! I'm glad to see in the other post that they responded to the vandalism and was helpful. I've never had any problems working with PWC or any other agencies in the surrounding jurisdiction.

My support

Officer Ishmael you have my support from me and my family and neighbors. We have always thought you were a friendly officer and you are the only one we have ever seen the most of and ever dealt with. All of us from the Green Hill Crossing subdivision will back you as much as we can. Let us know what we can do to help! Hope you fight this and we all hope to see you drive through our neighborhood soon.

not soon enough

Lets just hope we all forget about this soon

Yes, the real Officer Ishmael

First and foremost, I would like to thank every person that has left a positive comment on here that has supported me. I never spent much time looking at this site in the past and mostly because I was told not to look at it from my higher up's because they felt it made the town and police department look poor in the communities eyes. There were a few posts in the past that were vaguely untrue or misinformed and I wanted to rectify those errors but never did.

Secondly, I would like to take the time to reassure every person in the Town of Haymarket that I am not some evil perverted police officer like the Chief and Sergeant and Corporal may make me out to be. I care very deeply for the people that I serve and protect and have spent nearly 8 years as a police officer because I love what I do. I would never place anybody in harms way and I would always do everything in my powers to be as curtious and professional as I could even with people that I was required to arrest.

This all stems from an accuser that referred this unfounded relationship to the chief of police and thus started the witch hunt on me. I will reassure every citizen of Haymarket that I was and always dedicated in making your homes and property a safe place to live. At times I felt as though I was the only one with those goals. I wont go into details as to what I mean by that comment, but please be assured that I spent a lot of time driving through your neighborhoods to help make your community a safer place for you and your families.

This whole incident has caused me so much embarrassment and my family embarrassment and the girl that is being accused of having a relationship with me. It is all completely nonsense! The fact that I was about to voice my complaint about certain wrongdoing's may have a part in all of this but I doubt it. I think the department had long decided that once they heard this accuser they wanted to make sure I was going to be fired or forced to resign to spare any possible news press on this incident whether it was true or not. After all, look at how much bad press the police department has received in the past. The last thing they wanted or needed right now was bad publicity. Well, I can't sit ideally by and let my name be tarnished by this false accusation. I am personally telling every person on here that every comment about me that stems from the Haymarket Police Department is untrue and it is strictly based on their own opinions on how they perceive certain things. I think deep inside each and everyone of them has a problem with their own problems whether its trying too hard at times to find online issues or being jealous over the fact that they do not get enough attention that they crave while they are on duty at work.

I hope this eventually gets lost in the publics eyes and forgotten. I hope the girl involved is able to get on with her life and I hope the Haymarket Police Department is dealt with as they should be.

As of right now, you will not see me drive through your communities and I am sorry for that. I can only hope that the department is capable of providing you with proper coverage. If they can not please be reassured that the Prince William County Police will be able to respond if you need a police officer. Make sure to either contact their non emergency number at 703-792-6500 or 911 for any emergencies.
I do not know when I will be allowed to return to work and at this time I am almost too embarrassed to return back. I will keep everyone posted.

Again, thank you for your overwhelming support! Stay Safe

DONT LET THEM CONTROL YOUR LIFE!!!!!

DUDE I DONT REALLY KNOW WHO YOU ARE BUT I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SUPPORT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY THROUGH THIS. I HAVE NOTICED THAT THE HAYMARKET POLICE IS VERY DIRTY, AND THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THAT THE POLICE THAT ARE NOW SERVING NOT TO MENTION ANY NAMES DI*KW*****. AND I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD KEEP FIGHTING FOR WHAT YOU KNOW IS THE TRUTH. DONT LET PEOPLE RUN YOU OUT OF YOUR JOB. DONT LET PEOPLE CONTROL YOUR LIFE.

Behind you

I will support you 100% in this fight of yours. I am very sorry for what the department and town has done to you. I know you are a great officer and I hope everything works out for you and your family.

Oh NO !

Will you look at this ! Call yourself Haymarketman and keep trashing the alleged victim and her family .
You are aware that you just blew your cover , by trying to write like an adult but yet sound like an angry teenager who might just be jealous ?
You are not the brightest crayon in the box huh ?

Get A Life

would everybody just get a life and quit talking shit behind this girls back. i happen to know her very well and know that all of you are wrong. everybody likes to judge people for what they look like and some mistakes they do. but guess what NOBODY IS PERFECT!!! you know i was told that i can get in trouble for putting my real name on here but i really dont care cause i have done nothing wrong. everybody is open to their opinion but sometimes you need to keep them to yourself. like you people never f**ked up when you were younger. EVERYBODY MAKES MISTAKES!!!!!!

* = Language changed by Webmaster

fact

The officer involved is named Officer Ben Ishmael. I know because I have heard all this from everyone in the neighborhood and I know who he is from always talking with him while he is working. All I can say is that I hope this poor officer is going to fight for himself. As for the girl, I hope that she doesn't become anymore involved in this since she has already been put through enough. I can't imagine how this officer must feel about the situation and I can only imagine the embarassment for him and the girl to be accused of such a thing. I know Officer Ishmael pretty well because he is always driving through the area and smiling and waving and yes he is always talking to whomever runs at him to chat. Yes I have seen him talk with small kids and older ones and tons of parents on many occasions. I think that is called public relations. I will support Officer Ishmael 100 % because it sounds like someone is out to get him fired.

As for the Chief and Sgt. Breeden. I remember very well about what happened two years ago and I didn't even need to look at that website. It was in every local paper! They were found to have created a hostile work enviroment and that was the main complaint. If it is still going on then there I have a serious problem with that. I know I have been around the chief a few times and sure he is a nice guy, but his comments that I have overheard in public, (Sheetz, PW's) were quite sexual and most innapropriate coming from an official that is a Chief of Police. I can't imagine the Chief of Prince William County or Manassas Park or Manassas City would talk to any citizen or officer the way I have heard Chief Roop and at times Sgt. Breeden.

So where do we stand now with this officer and the girl and all the complaints with the Chief and Sergeant? Has the town been notified officially by Officer Ishmael or anyone else? If so, what will happen? Is Officer Ishmael fired like people are saying he was because I have not seen him around lately.

just curious

Haymarketman, I can only assume that you know who the victim is and if you do then shame on you for referring to her on here in the manner which you have. What if your daughter was a victim of a situation and someone was implying who she was? I believe I do know the victim and officer involved and I can honestly say that I've seen that very same officer talk with just about every kid and citizen in town. Every time I see him I walk up to his car and chat his ear off for atleast 20 minutes about just about everything. He's seems sincere about the people of the community. I wouldn't say that just because he has been seen talking to a specific girl that it would implicates a relationship. just my opinion

the adolescent skank

Why put only the cop at fault when the minor involved is well known in the haymarket area for her actions.She runs around haymarket in barley any clothes flaunting her stuff and when someone looks says they are harrasing her.Her and her family have been nothing but trouble. Maybe if they look at her families record they would see that they have tried to charge many different people with the same thing and what ever came of those... NOTHING!!! because its a bunch of BULLS*T.Now i am not saying that the cop isnt at fault because he is involoved with a minor and there was many times when me and other residents saw them together.

* = Language changed by Webmaster

Haymarketman/Girl

So you call yourself Haymarketman? You are nothing but a jealous teenage girl. No adult, male or female, uses the words you used. You are obviously the one who had caused all this uproar and you should be ashamed of yourself. Do your mommy and daddy know what you have done? You have ruined the reputation and career of a police officer and slandered a teenage girl who did not deserve to be treated the way you have treated her. When this goes to court, I will be there to watch you perjure yourself. I know all the people involved in this case and you are nothing but a trouble making liar. None of these people have ever done anything to deserve what you have done to them. I hope your mommy and daddy take away all your privileges till you have grown up and learned what it is like to be a responsible adult. Or are you going to be a trouble making adult too?

Girl

Agaree, She runs around or Jogs down 55 ( allways ) down by Mcdonalds and back behind the Bloom ( now ) . I believe her parants should be - well I wont say , But I would never let my Daughter where what she does when Running and as for what she has on, You allways she her bra straps and other parts... i wont go any farther, but what a .

Veggie = not smart

Congrats on your perfect writing skills!!
Get back to school and do not claim to be someones parent.
I would be ashamed , knowing to be stupid , but yet put it out there.
One more thing ~~ be carefull with those allegations , it might just happend that someone gets you for slander.

Interesting choice of words

First of all, I am pretty sure you are not a parent. Your grammer and spelling is horrible. Saying that you wouldn't let you daughter "where" was she does is improper. The correct word would be, "wear". Also, there is only 1 L in "always". Don't come on here and try to act like you are some concerned parent and make a girl out to be a part of some wrongdoings over the fact that she wears skimpy clothing when she is out running. You seem to have a problem with this young lady and it is a shame that people like you will come on here and trash her over your own personal issues against how she dresses. I see many girls in town close to her age if not younger wearing the exact same thing. Is anyone concerned with those girls as well or just this one because you have a personal vendetta against her and want to see that she is made out to look bad?! I doubt you will get any support on here with your comments. Go find another teenage friend of yours to voice your opinion to and allow real adults to discuss this matter on here the way we have been.

You guys SUCK

you know i really dont care if anybody knows who i am cause this whole thing is just BULLS*T!!!! if everybody would just stop talking shit, and just let the wonderful haymarket police try and do their job. you know what, LEAVE THEM THE F*K ALONE!!!!!!!!!

* = Language changed by Webmaster

Disrepectful

I forgot to add my two cents about how rude it is of you to accuse a girl of being a "skank" based on what she wears around her neighborhood. I've seen more than one girl dressing more than provocative and wondered what the parents were thinking when they let there kids leave the house. As for the older girls being 15-17, I would say they all dress about the same so why point fingers at just one. As for seeing this one particular officer talking with this girl, did you ever see him in any other community other than yours talking to other girls or boys? Did you ever see him talk to more than one person in your community at all? I have seen the chief of police stops girls before just to watch him get out of his car and light his cigarette and shoot the breaze with them for what seemed like hours. That would be to include most girls in the same housing section as what may be implied on here. Is he being looked into for those as well or just the young officer because he is young?

What the freak?

HAYMARKETMAN HUH? So I am wondering were did you get your sources from?
The family never cost any harm nor problems to anyone as far as I am concert.
Familys record ... hmmmm I looked each one of them up on the VA courts case website and could not find one record .
Charges against many different people ?
I also researched this one and could not find any charges they might filed .
Flaunting her stuff ?
What stuff ? The minor in question , is a girl , who at least does not end up in trouble anymore and has her head on her shoulders .
QUESTION for you HAYMARKETMAN .
Are you just some jealous little girl , who is trying to get back at the minor involved or just some skank yourself ? I am sure you must have issues , since you would not at all be able to back up your allegations .
Makes me wonder were your sources of information comes from .
Think about this !
And do not call yourself HAYMARKETMAN , if you are in fact a girl !!!!
You know who you are ! Just a joke of the neighborhood !

To all of you people who think you know everything!

okay i have been trying to hold my toungue but i cant do it any longer. the girl and her family have been the biggest problem in longstreet. her mom has called the cops numerous times for her daughters being picked on by other children in the neighborhood. (isn't that what kids do?) also her mom has called the cops for supposedly being beaten by her husband. not to mention they got an innocent boy arrested for telling the cops he hit the girl. (which was completely untrue)Which brings me to the next topic LIES. That family lies about what they eat for dinner. The girl lies about everything. i wouldnt go as far as calling her a skank. But she is a pathelogical lyer & very permiscuous.

So to you Officer:
You wonder why your being accused of this. well its because of the girl involved. when your constantly seen with a girl that has a reputation like this people will talk and then things end up this way. You picked the very worst girl to "befriend".

Hold your Tongue?

So you couldn't hold your tongue any longer? Yeah, right. You just want to cause more problems. So which one are you, Ms. B or Ms. H? I can't wait to see what happens when you get on the stand and have the attorney start asking you questions that you can't answer. You know there is a law against perjury? You do know what perjury is, don't you? That is lying under oath. I happen to know the entire family and they are much better people than you will ever be. You are a jealous and spiteful young girl and have caused enough trouble to last a lifetime. You don't care one bit that you have ruined someone's reputation and life, do you? Are you jealous because the girl is much prettier than you and people like her better than you? I hope the family sues you for all the lies you have told about them. And I hope the officer sues you too. Believe me, it will all come out in court who you are. And it will be interesting to see your picture on the front page of the Potomac News for having been the one to have started the uproar in Haymarket. Are you proud of yourself?

Really? Well what about all

Really? Well what about all the times the minors crazy mother claimed that the dad beat the s*t out of her and he children? The cops were called then and im sure that is on record.Like i said nothing but drama.Thats why the minor has no friends.She takes after her mom. Many of the young girls in the neiborhood tell my daughter(who is not aloud to associate with the minor) that she lies and her family is crazy. I have seen many things go on down there that leads me to beleive that.

* = Language changed by Webmaster

There was also many times

There was also many times the police came to my house asking my daughter if she had seen the minor because she had ran away.That must be on file. Who did she run away with the officer? oh wait or was it some drug dealer??

not again!

What a horrible thing to read. I want to know more about this and hope that it is being investigated and I don't mean by the town. We have seen what they are capable of not doing. If the chief is seriously talking sexual with minors then he needs to be placed on immediate suspension and hopefully fired if it's found to be true. If the other officer involved is doing the same then he needs to be investigated, but it sounds like the juvenile victim is not saying anything happened between her and this officer. When will our town ever get rid of these two country good ole boys and make the town a little safer with some new personnel that will not embarrass us!

That website is amazing. I can't believe that I never read that report before. I am completely stunned that the chief and sergeant were not fired the first time. How much more are we gonna take. Come on mayor, do your job.

It is obvious that some

It is obvious that some people know more about the backgrounds of these people than others. I would really encourage people to not attack the integrity of a juvinille, no matter what she has alleged a very serious complaint that apparently was not handled with any tact what so ever on either end, from the investigation to he handling of her complaint.
My problem is if the chief was disiplined before for this did they not correct the problem? If the town did not ensure that this would not happen again (I have to go on the fact that since he was disciplined on the complaint before that the complaint was valid) Then why did this happen again? Terrible, we deserve beter, I once again renew my call that the police force be disbanded and simply pay the Prince William County Police to work the town .There would be a simple payment in overtime and workmans compensation. Instead we have to buy dogs,dodge chargers, health insurance, liablitity insurance the prosecutors pay all the police rent gas ,ect, and now apparently the town will be paying some stiff legal fees for attourneys. WHY? disband the poice department and have some professional officers here with all the resources of Prince William County with none of the problems of poor management that we see here.

True !

If this person calling himself Haymarketman is a parent , he should really be ashamed of himself .
Because by right now everyone knows who is ment ( the juvinille ).
I really hope you don't have the daughter who is causing to much trouble in your own life !
Really be an adult and think before you write and put even more allegations out there !
I believe the minor is going through enough hassle right now .So just leave her past out of it ( if this is true to beginn with ).
Shame on you " Haymarketman ".

HaymarketMan Be Careful!

HaymarketMan/Girl whoever you are, you might want to be careful about what you type on this website. You risk being sued personally for Libel and/or defamation of character. The juvenile and/or her family are not public officials so they have a higher expectation of privacy than a public official such as a police officer or public official.

The point I am making is that you had better watch what you write about people that is not true or can not be proved.

huh?????

No one is naming names. So if this girl feels like someone is slandering her name um....... I guess we would have to know who she was first now wouldn't we.

slander?

The officer was named by everyone in the neighborhood when the rumors started to buzz around on Wednesday evening! Funny how things were discovered so quickly by people. I can only assume that since I knew by Friday who the girl was that everyone else in the neighborhood knows. From what I've heard is that Officer Ishmael didn't even get involved with this incident until Thursday night after the entire neighborhood was aware. I'm very curious how this happened. I don't know if the girl has been slandered, but the officer sure has been and thats a shame if none of this has happened. I still have not heard of anything from the town as to the complaints made by the officer against the department. Did he file his complaint or is he waiting? What is going on between the juvenile and the department? I wont mention her name because it wouldn't be right to do that and I think it might be against the law to mention her name online since she is a minor. Hopefully it stays that way so she is not hassled by people who may not already know who she is.

The only concern that the

The only concern that the community should have is the minors name being slandered. I have not heard anyone say who the minor is.The officer who is a public offical also a grown adult is responsable for himslef and his actions.seeing that obviuosly you know who the minor is you are probably the one helping to spread the rumor around.Pages like these and the comments that people make dont help the situation any.None of us know the real facts of what went on so maybe we should all sit back and wait to see what happends when this all clears.And your comment about haymarketman i guess if i knew who it was then i would know who the girl was. I do not want to know who the girl is the whole situation is disgusting to me. Little girls need to be little girls and police officers need to be police officers then we wouldnt have problems like these!

???

I guess you also know who Haymarketman is ! I sure do !

HAYMARKETMAN????? I KNOW YOU!!!!

HAYMARKETMAN? I DONT THINK SO. I KNOW SHE IS NOT A MAN. OH AND MAYLON SAID HEY.

crazy people


Removed due to request of poster.

Wondering

I wonder why you had this removed. You must have said something really bad for you to want it removed. Guess it must have made it very clear who you are and you got scared. Well, you should be scared at what you have done to the people involved. Haymarket should be very proud to have citizens like you, even if you are a juvenile. Unfortunately, juveniles like you grow up to be just as bad adults.

your an idiot

You don't know anything about what is going on in town. Learn to mind your own business and stop causing trouble for other people.

Can someone please...

Can someone please tell me where I can find this underwear wearing mystery girl ? I haven't had the chance to see that yet.

wait a minute

I agree with some of what you said and disagree with the rest. Did you actually see this officer allow this minor to smoke and drink and do whatever she wanted to do that she was not suppose to? You say that it was "somebody" that told you about this but you never saw it. To me that is slandering the name of this officer if you accuse him of a criminal offense of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Check the state laws on slander and you will see that if you accuse a person of a crime that you can not prove happened then you are slandering that person if you tell others. It is considered Libel if you put it in writing and it didn't happen. As for the girl involved, I've seen her around and yes she wears very provocative outfits at times, but so do most girls her age. Don't blame a girl on her actions based on what she wears. That wont fly with anyone. I'm sure I could drive through the town on any given sunny day and see more than one girl walking around when it's nice out wearing less than they should. Does that make it wrong for them or their parents? Worry about your own children if you have any and stop slandering this officer unless you yourself have actually seen him contribute to this minor.

Virginia Civil Law Definition:

SLANDER

A type of defamation. Slander is an untruthful oral (spoken) statement about a person that harms the person's reputation or standing in the community. Because slander is a tort (a civil wrong), the injured person can bring a lawsuit against the person who made the false statement. If the statement is made via broadcast media -- for example, over the Radio, TV, Internet, Newspaper -- it is considered libel, rather than slander, because the statement has the potential to reach a very wide audience. Both defamations can occur.

no. like i said somebody


Removed due to request of poster.

wrong

Regardless of who makes the statement, implying that you "heard" from "someone" makes you a third party person that is implying that something may or may not have occurred and that means you made an implication of something that may or may not be correct, thus making your comment a slanderous comment unless you know that the incident happened based on actual evidence. In short terms, you can not imply a comment like you did unless you know that it is factual or it makes you liable to be civilly responsible for defamation of character. If you aren't involved in this then why are you making the statements that you made? This officer has absolutely no evidence to prove that he did anything wrong unless somebody can show me physical evidence to implicate him in all those allegations and then I will support the persons making those statements and I will not support the officer. But, the officer has made his statement along with the juvenile involved and that is enough evidence to say it didn't happen. The courts have ruled that the defendant of a defamation lawsuit has the burden of proof of showing that something happened and not the person that was slandered. Meaning, unless you have physical proof and not just verbal that something happened then you can not make the comments that you made. I understand you said "someone" told you, but again you created another chain of event by relaying information on something that may not be correct and that is the whole purpose of defamation and slander! Believe what you will, but this is coming from someone that has been working with others in this type of area for more than 20 years. I am pretty positive that I am familiar with what I am talking about and if you have read my previous statements on here, I have not made any statements that were not true based on other witnesses that would be held accountable in a court of law in Prince William County Circuit Court. All I am asking is for you to be careful with statements that may imply that this officer did something wrong unless you saw for yourself and have physical proof so that you do not have to worry about him finding out who you are and going after you for slander. I am more than positive that when the time comes, and from my knowledge with this case, it will be soon when people invovled will be seeing more come from this and will more than likely be called in by attorny's that will be asking for physical proof as the slanderous allegations from the main accuser in this involvement. Last thing any of us need is to be requested to court to answer questions and not be able to back them up 100% like the court says you must to prove someone did in fact comment a crime. Otherwise be ready for a lawsuit when your implicated in making wrongful statements even as a third party. Any good attorney worth his experience will be more than happy to explain this further and it sounds as if you may have personal knowledge of the person making the allegations against the officer and I sure hope your "frind" that has told you has some pretty serious physical evidence to show in court that these things mentioned are reliable and provable. I always tell everyone to be cautious with what you post anywhere because it is not difficult to find out who a person is when it comes down to attorny's needing expedited information when they put in a request for records through the court. Just trying to be helpful!

Also

These are just some of the listed slandering incidents that the law recognizes.

* Attacks on a person's professional character or standing; (Criminal Offense)
* Allegations that an unmarried person is unchaste;
* Allegations that a person is infected with a sexually transmitted disease;
* Allegations that the person has committed a crime of moral turpitude;

well said

nicely put

Evidence?

Has any of these things been proven yet? Or is this some type of conspiracy theory you people are mudslinging at each other? If you have SOOO much knowledge and have been the judge, jury and obvious self-proclaimed expert in the situation, you should run for president.

So?

What is going on with this officer? What is going on with the minor? What is going on with the Chief of Haymarket? When will I hear from the mayor or town manager on all this? Has anything been filed yet?

Yes, I have a tons of questions and I'm surprised nobody else is asking these. This is a serious thing and I have yet to see it hit the local newspaper and I have not heard of anything from the town as to what the deal is. Just curious...

your questions

I am still suspended without pay until the town "decides" what to do with me. I still have not been informed exactly what I did wrong.