This cop killed himself rather than face trial, one would presume he was GUILTY of all charges filed and likely many, many other crimes.
NYT 12/2/24.
"A former Kansas police detective who had been accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting two women over several years while on duty was found dead on Monday, the first day of his trial on federal civil rights charges.
Roger Golubski, 71, died of a fatal gunshot wound at his home in Edwardsville, west of Kansas City, Kan., according to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. The police had responded to a 911 call reporting the sound of a gunshot and found Mr. Golubski dead on his back porch, the bureau said, adding that there were no signs of foul play.
Mr. Golubksi had been scheduled to appear in a federal courtroom in Topeka on Monday morning for the start of jury selection. Prosecutors later told the judge that Mr. Golubski had died and requested that the case be dismissed,
The Associated Press reported.
His lawyer, Christopher Joseph, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. In court on Monday, Mr. Joseph told the judge that his client, who faced a maximum sentence of life in prison, “was despondent about the media coverage,”
according to CNN.
Mr. Golubski, who retired from the Police Department in Kansas City, Kan., in 2010 after 35 years on the force, had long been suspected of raping and terrorizing Black women as he patrolled the streets. A former police officer and captain, he was accused of sexually assaulting two women multiple times from 1998 to 2002, and he was indicted in 2022 on six federal counts of civil rights violations. He had pleaded not guilty.
Activists and residents in Kansas City
told The New York Times in 2022 that they had long believed that Mr. Golubski, who was white, had abused his position on the force to prey on Black women, and that they believed his actions had gone unpunished for decades.
The allegations against Mr. Golubski gained steam after Lamonte McIntyre, who had been imprisoned for 23 years for
a crime he didn’t commit, accused the former detective of framing him for a double murder.
Mr. McIntyre also claimed in a wrongful conviction lawsuit against Mr. Golubski and the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kan., that the former police detective sexually assaulted Black women, including his mother,
according to The A.P. The unified government agreed to settle the case for $12.5 million in June 2022, The A.P. reported."