A former police officer was indicted on Monday for sexual crimes against minors.
The suspect is accused of an illegal act of sodomy while he was serving in the police force.
According to the indictment, the 39-year-old officer had relations with two minors, one aged 12 years and 10 months and the other aged 15 years and five months. Both minors had their ages listed as 17 on the same-sex dating app Grindr.
A hearing is still pending for the accused, said Lihi Shclernik of the Justice Ministry’s Advocacy and Communication Department.
The alleged offense occurred at an apartment in Modi’in, with incidents including the exchange of explicit photographs and anal penetration.
Indictment Details
The accused requested that the minors send him pictures through Grindr. They sent images of themselves, to which the accused responded with a picture of his own genitals. The accused then picked the boys up from their home in Rehovot and took them to his friend’s apartment in Modi’in.
According to the indictment, once the three arrived at the apartment, they went to the bedroom, where the defendant undressed himself. The minors, however, remained in boxer shorts and shirts. The accused kissed the minors and began touching them. One minor rubbed the defendant’s genitals, while the latter simultaneously kissed the other.
The document continues that at some point during their interaction, the minors performed oral sex on the accused, which he then reciprocated on them. The defendant then sodomized the two defendants.
Once finished, the three left the apartment, and the defendant drove the minors back to their original meeting place in Rehovot, according to the indictment.