More charges filed against former Kentucky detective accused of child sex crime
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- A Trigg County grand jury returned an indictment against Justin Swope on July 13.
- Calloway County indicted Swope on 28 charges on June 26 related to the 15-year-old.
- Court records show Swope’s bond is set at $500,000 for each of the two county cases.
A former police detective in Western Kentucky is facing additional charges related to a child sex crime after a Trigg County grand jury returned an indictment Monday, July 13, according to Kentucky State Police.
Justin Swope, 44, was arrested May 20 after investigators determined he raped a 15-year-old girl that he met as a detective sergeant with the Murray Police Department. He was indicted by a Calloway County grand jury June 26 on 28 charges of first-degree unlawful transaction with a minor — illegal sex act with a minor under 16 years of age, first-degree unlawful transaction with a minor — illegal sex act with a minor under 18 years of age, promoting a sexual performance by a minor, third-degree sodomy, third-degree rape and first-degree sexual abuse.
On Monday, a Trigg County grand jury indicted Swope on additional charges of first-degree unlawful transaction with a minor — illegal sex act with a minor under 16 years of age, third-degree sodomy, third-degree rape and first-degree sexual abuse, according to state police. The charges are related to the same allegations with the 15-year-old girl.
The alleged abuse began in 2018 and lasted over a period of three years, Attorney General Russell Coleman’s office previously said. The eight-page indictment out of Calloway County outlines years-long, explicit details about sex acts performed by Swope and acts that he forced the minor girl to perform.
Swope would send the girl inappropriate pictures and forced her to send the same. He forced her to take part in multiple forms of sexual intercourse, sometimes in a parked car, according to the indictment.
Swope resigned from Murray police after he was arrested, according to state police.
Swope’s bond is set at $500,000 for his Calloway County case and $500,000 for his Trigg County case, according to records. He is scheduled to appear in Trigg Circuit Court for an arraignment Aug. 12 and in Calloway Circuit Court for a status hearing Aug. 17.
