Nashville Adult Entertainment: Decommissioned Metro Officer Charged With Child Abuse
11 11 2011The investigation began at the end of April when a 27-year-old known prostitute reported that Poole, in uniform and on-duty as a South Precinct patrolman, stopped her as she walked the streets south of downtown. She told officers that Poole patted her down to the point of fondling her and that he appeared to make verbal propositions, but she said she rejected his advances.
Her testimony did not support the charge when she took the stand during the trial.
“The indictment claimed there was some kind of sexual battery, when in fact, she was never touched sexually,” Scruggs explained.
Poole still faces several other charges, including sexual battery, four counts of rape, three more counts of official misconduct, a count of patronizing a prostitute and a count of attempting to patronize a prostitute in a police zone in connection with three other women police identified as victims.