Cleveland cop pleads guilty to urinating on 12-year-old girl at school bus stop
A Cleveland cop who urinated on a 12-year-old girl in a revolting attack at a school bus stop has pleaded guilty, according to reports.
Officer Solomon Nhiwatiwa, 34, copped to three felonies and one misdemeanor in the Aug. 16 attack at a bus stop in Euclid, where the off-duty cop initially asked the victim if she needed a ride, WEWS-TV reported.
The girl refused the offer, prompting Nhiwatiwa to drive off, only to return a minute later. He then exposed himself to the young girl before recording himself urinating on her, prosecutors said.
“There’s reports that come across my desk that just leave me shaking my head,” prosecutor Michael O’Malley told the station. “Certainly this is one that I will never forget because you just cannot believe anyone — let alone a law enforcement officer — could engage in this type of activity.”
As part of his plea on Monday, Nhiwatiwa agreed to give up his police officer certification and will have to register as a sex offender for the next 15 years. He faces up to 7½ years at his sentencing on Jan. 21, Cleveland.com reported.
Nhiwatiwa’s trial had been set to start Monday. Prosecutors dropped charges of assault, interfering with custody and public indecency as part of his guilty plea, the website reported.
“You wonder how this individual slid through the cracks,” O’Malley said in reference to Nhiwatiwa passing psychological testing to become a cop. “Hopefully we can improve the testing in law enforcement so that individuals like this never put on a badge again.”
Detectives are also still trying to access Nhiwatiwa’s cellphone, but have not been able to enter its security code to review the videos and photos it contains, prosecutors said.
Nhiwatiwa, a five-year department veteran, will remain on unpaid administrative suspension until he’s sentenced. He will likely later be fired after an internal review, Cleveland police Sgt. Jennifer Ciaccia told The Post.
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