A woman who filed a federal suit Tuesday became the third motorist to claim sexual abuse by Bella Villa Police Chief Edward Locke Jr. during traffic stops.
Diane Cook said Locke touched her buttocks and breast under her clothes when he arrested her on suspicion of drunken driving in August 2005. Her husband claims Locke shocked him with a Taser and slammed his head on a car when he tried to intervene.
It was the second similar suit brought in federal court at St. Louis this year against Locke and Bella Villa, a municipality along Bayless Avenue off Interstate 55, just south of St. Louis. The suits allege civil rights violations.
Details here from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Check out the outrageous allegations in the complaint. (Hat tip: Courthouse News Service)