Ex-trooper sentenced to 43 years for assaults
A former Texas state trooper who earlier this year was convicted of sexually assaulting two women during a pair of 2020 traffic stops was sentenced Wednesday to 43 years in federal prison.
Lee Roy Boykin, 34, of Spring, was found guilty of the assaults in January. He faced a potential life sentence.
The assaults happened in August 2020.
In one of the assaults, Boykin, who had been a trooper for four years, ordered a woman into his patrol car during a traffic stop near a motel on the North Freeway. He brought her to a secluded parking lot miles away and then falsely accused her of being a prostitute. He then threatened to take her to jail and forced her to perform oral sex on him, according to prosecutors. Afterward, Boykin placed his hand on his gun and told her to run, according to prosecutors.
The woman called 911 from a restaurant after the assault. Boykin was arrested and charged the next day. Days later, a second woman came forward and reported that she had been assaulted by Boykin in the same parking lot.
Authorities said they recovered DNA evidence from the parking lot and Boykin’s clothes. They also found that he used his police computer to search for one of the woman’s names and turned off the audio of his body-worn camera. He was indicted on federal charges in 2021.
When Boykin was questioned about one of the assaults, he said he thought he “got away with it” and that he “just wanted to try,” according to prosecutors.
In his sentencing, U.S. District Judge George C. Hanks called Boykin a predator who hadn’t shown remorse and had destroyed the women’s lives.
“Your crocodile tears do not impress me,” Hanks said.
Boykin was also found guilty of two counts of destruction, alteration or falsification of records in a federal investigation.
Boykin was already in custody following his conviction.
“[Boykin] used his badge and all the power it afforded to force himself onto two vulnerable women,” said Alamdar Hamdani, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas. “Boykin targeted victims he believed would not report him and even thought he got away with it. He was wrong. This sentence sends a message that we will pursue anyone that poses a threat to our citizens, no matter what position they hold.”