Don’t know that 15-yr.-old
A BRONX cop accused of having sex with a 15-year-old prostitute refused to admit that he knew his victim — even when he was shown pictures of the two of them in bed together, investigators said Thursday.
In fact, Police Officer Raul Olmeda wouldn’t admit that he was the man having sex with the teen in the raunchy photos — which were found on his computer and cell phone, according to testimony made during his departmental trial.
The NYPD Advocates office, which prosecutes police misconduct, is pushing to get Olmeda fired. The departmental trial will determine whether he will get kicked off the force.
Rape allegations for having sex with the minor, identified in court only as SG, will be adjudicated in Bronx criminal court at a later date.
Advocate Anna Krutaya said Olmeda, 40, claimed he couldn’t identify the furniture in his own home when confronted with the photos, which were taken in his bedroom and living room. Yet, when cops executed a search warrant at his address, all of the furniture in the photos was there, she said.
Detectives allegedly found a series of salacious videos and photos on Olmeda’s home computer, along with a creepy PowerPoint presentation of other women with whom he had sex — a compilation he called “The List.”
Olmeda made his bold denials after he was confronted with an audio file of a recording where he tells the teen to “lay low” because he was being investigated by Internal Affairs. The recording was also found on his computer.
“Technically, you are a minor,” Olmeda told the teen on the recording, according to Krutaya.
“This man, a man who swore an oath to protect the innocent — technically he doesn’t care,” Krutaya said during her summation. “This is a portrait of an individual who shouldn’t be allowed to put on a uniform like the fine men and women of this department.”
Prosecutors said Olmeda met SG last year through her 24-year-old sister Alexa, whom he had dated.
After convincing Alexa to have a three-way with himself and SG, he began seeing the minor privately, paying her between $140 and $200 per tryst. He photographed and recorded the encounter, investigators said.
The teen told police of her relationship with Olmeda after she was arrested for prostitution. The 4-year NYPD veteran was suspended after being charged with having sex with a minor and child endangerment charges on Oct. 11. He is currently out on bail. He was re-suspended on Thursday when he refused to testify during his departmental trial. Olmeda (photo) is due back in Bronx Criminal Court on the felony charges May 1.