A Lowell police officer has been charged with raping two prostitutes and soliciting prostitution from others while on duty.
LOWELL, Mass. (AP) — A Lowell police officer has been charged with raping two prostitutes and soliciting prostitution from others while on duty.
The Middlesex District Attorney's office says Aravanh Lakmany was indicted on Thursday by a Middlesex grand jury. No arraignment date has been set.
The indictment alleges that Lakmany worked the overnight shift for the Lowell police department and solicited several prostitutes beginning in 2009. Prosecutors said he asked the women to get into the back seat of his cruiser or personal car and drove them to a secluded area where they would have sexual contact.
Prosecutors said Lakmany told one alleged victim he would not arrest her if she had sex with him.
A woman who answered the telephone at Lakmany's residence said "no comment" and hung up.