NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A deputy constable for a New Orleans city court has resigned following allegations he didn’t act when a witness told him a woman was being raped.
The deputy had already been suspended after the allegation was made.
The constable for 2nd City Court, Edwin Shorty, told news outlets that the deputy resigned Thursday.
The deputy was working a private security detail in the French Quarter on July 26 when he was approached by a witness who said a man was raping an unconscious woman nearby. Shorty said an investigation showed the deputy stayed in his car for several minutes before walking away from the scene. He did not release the deputy's name.
Shorty said the deputy, who had 30 years of law enforcement experience, gave no explanation for his inaction.
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