Lauderhill cops accused of kinky traffic stop

a Sun Sentinel

Prosecutors are hitting a Lauderhill cop where it hurts, charging him with a felony for getting a female drunken driver to punch him in the groin, according to the Broward State Attorney’s Office.

According to arrest reports, Officer Franklin Hartley ordered the passenger to perform [mouth] sex on him, then had [sex] with her.

Officer Thomas Merenda asked the victim to punch him in the [groin area].

Merenda, “who at the time of the incident was an on-duty public servant, did intentionally, unlawfully and corruptly request and accept the benefit of having the victim … strike him in the groin by threatening arrest, citation or seizure,” according to Merenda’s arrest report.

Officers Thomas Merenda and Franklin Hartley turned themselves in Thursday night. Both are charged with unlawful compensation, a felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison, and battery, a misdemeanor punishable by up to 60 days.

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