Court cop eyed for sex felony

A COURT officer accused of forcing a woman to perform a sex act on him inside a Brooklyn courthouse stairwell nine months ago may face felony charges, the Daily News has learned .

“I’m ecstatic. Very happy even, that the wheels of justice are moving to hold the officer accountable for what he did,” the Long Island victim said of the alleged assault.

Sgt. Timothy Nolan approached the woman Oct. 21 as she waited for her boyfriend to post bail at the Schermerhorn St. building during the court’s lunch break, according to the victim.

The 26-year-old stay-at-home mom said the officer asked her to walk with him into the sixth-floor stairwell. Then he exposed himself and began to molest her, she said.

“He should be criminally charged. I don’t want this to happen to anyone else,” said the woman, who was alerted that she will be called to testify before a grand jury in the coming days.

The woman said she immediately reported she was attacked. Nolan was not arrested, but instead was transferred to the Bronx.

The Brooklyn district attorney’s office could not confirm whether a grand jury was empaneled, but said the case is under investigation.

“When it hit me, it had me down. I couldn’t believe this happened to me,” said the woman, who filed a lawsuit in the state Court of Claims against the officer and the court system.

An Office of Court Administration spokesman declined to comment on the pending litigation.

The woman subsequently had to see the stairwell door that’s located across the hall from the courtroom where she and her boyfriend have to report for their pending criminal matter.

They were arrested for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, a case, she said, is a paperwork snafu.

“The first time I had to go back, I was so scared, I left court and ended up getting a warrant for my arrest. I did not leave my house for three days,” she said.

“When I finally went back, I’d see court officers in their uniforms and get scared because they’d look like him,” she said of the six court appearances she had to make.

As the months went by, the

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woman’s anxiety grew as she was left in the dark about her case. Her civil attorney, Sanford Rubenstein, said investigators had to wait for the results of DNA and toxicology reports before they could present evidence to a grand jury.

“If the grand jury decides to charge the officer, the civil case will be stayed pending the criminal matter,” said Rubenstein, who filed a notice of claim with the Court of Claims in Albany against the court system and Nolan.

Nolan has been suspended without pay since November, said a spokesman with the state court administration office.