Former Oklahoma police officer arrested in connection with rape

SILOAM SPRINGS — A former West Siloam Springs, Okla., police officer was arrested Wednesday in connection with rape.

Cody Kackley, 35, of Colcord, Okla., was being held Friday in the Benton County Jail on $50,000 bond.

Kackley’s arrest is in connection with a Feb. 11 incident a woman reported to Siloam Springs police Tuesday. Kackley resigned from the West Siloam Springs Police Department this week, according to Chief Larry Barnett.

The woman told police she and her friend went to the Cherokee Casino the night of Feb. 11, hung out and drank four to 10 beers, according to the probable cause affidavit.

The woman and her friend walked outside to wait for a ride when West Siloam Springs police officers arrived, the affidavit states. She said police told her she was being accused of an incident in the casino, and she was placed in handcuffs and put into the back of a patrol vehicle, the affidavit states.

While she was in the vehicle, one of the officers, later identified as Kackley, talked to her, the affidavit states. The woman said she was told she was free to go and her handcuffs were removed, the affidavit states. The woman said she felt safe enough to ask Kackley for a ride home.

She said Kackley drove her home and the two flirted with each other; she added Kackley told her he was turning off his body camera, the affidavit states. Upon arriving at the woman’s home, Kackley walked her to her front door, the affidavit states.

Kackley followed the woman inside and pulled out his penis, and the woman removed her shirt and agreed to perform oral sex on Kackley, the affidavit states. The act continued until the woman’s

brother walked in, the affidavit states.

Siloam Springs police interviewed Kackley on Wednesday. Kackley told police he was sent to the casino Saturday for a possible crime and corroborated the woman was handcuffed and placed in the back of a police vehicle and eventually released, the affidavit states. Kackley said he didn’t administer a field sobriety test, the affidavit states.

Kackley told police he gave the woman a ride to her home in Arkansas, the affidavit states. Once there, he said he did go in her house and the woman hugged him and they kissed, the affidavit states.

Kackley said the woman was very intoxicated during the time he was with her. He added if she was sober, she wouldn’t have performed oral sex on him, the affidavit states. Kackley also said he “messed up” and had disgraced the badge, which was why he resigned from the Police Department, the affidavit states.

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