A New York police officer entered a guilty plea Thursday to charges stemming from a series of incidents in 2019 and 2020 in which he entered a woman's home, while claiming to be investigating her for a crime, and then sexually abused her.
A New York police officer entered a guilty plea Thursday to charges stemming from a series of incidents in 2019 and 2020 in which he entered a woman's home, whileMichael Agovino, 35, was on duty during the incidents in which he threatened the woman with arrest before sexually abusing her, according to Westchester County District Attorney Miriam Rocah. Agovino was a 10-year-veteran of the police department in Peekskill, about 35 miles north of New York City.
Prosecutors said during the first incident, in 2019, Agovino sexually abused the woman after demanding she remove all of her clothes for a body search. Agovino returned to her home four more times during the next five months, each time making sexual demands.
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