Saturday, December 23, 2000

12232000 - Officer Brent Smith - Berkley PD

December 23, 2000: Officer Brent Smith, Berkley Police Department.



Berkley Public Safety Building






COP IS CHARGED IN SEX ASSAULT
WOMAN SAYS BERKLEY PATROLMAN FONDLED HER

February 14, 2001 •• 671 words •• ID: 0102140369. Detroit Free Press
A Berkley police officer was charged Tuesday morning with three counts of criminal sexual conduct and suspended without pay, according to a Berkley detective. Brent Smith, 27, allegedly fondled an 18-year-old Royal Oak woman after ordering her to his squad car Dec. 23. Smith, who has been on the force for 3 1/2 years, was suspended with pay Jan. 8 following an internal investigation. The Berkley Public Service Department changed his pay status after the arraignment. Smith, who is



COP FACED EARLIER COMPLAINTS BERKLEY OFFICER ACCUSED OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT

April 23, 2001 •• 823 words •• ID: 0104230228. Detroit Free Press
Prosecutors are reviewing a woman's misconduct allegations against a Berkley cop charged with sexual assault in a separate case last month. The woman says Brent Smith searched her four times after an arrest on a drunken-driving charge in 1998, watched her urinate in a jail rest room and made her take off clothing. "You're a pretty girl, and as long as you keep cooperating like you are, it will all be OK," Smith told the woman, according






COP IS ACCUSED AGAIN OF ASSAULTING A WOMAN

May 2, 2001 •• 320 words •• ID: 0105020119. Detroit Free Press
A Bloomfield Hills woman filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Berkley police, the city, its public safety chief and an officer she accuses of assault. The suit alleges assault and battery, gross negligence, civil rights violations and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Kristin Oliver, 31, claims Officer Brent Smith arrested her May 3, 1998, on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and took her to the Berkley lockup. Records say Smith searched Oliver four times,





BERKLEY COP'S TRIAL TO RAISE POLICE CONDUCT ISSUES
SHE SAYS HE ABUSED HER


September 10, 2001 •• 1141 words •• ID: 0109100141. Detroit Free Press
Brent Smith was either a cop doing his job last December, conducting a pat-down search of an underage woman who had been drinking, or was a predator using his badge as a license to sexually assault her. Trial is set to begin today for the suspended Berkley police officer charged with sexually assaulting an 18-year-old Royal Oak woman during a search at a bar parking lot. Smith, a 3 1/2-year veteran, is charged with three counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct and faces up to 15



BERKLEY COP IS CONVICTED IN DECEMBER SEX ASSAULT

September 18, 2001 •• 488 words •• ID: 0109180436. Detroit Free Press
A suspended Berkley police officer was led away in handcuffs Monday after an Oakland County jury found him guilty of sexually assaulting a woman in the back of his patrol car last December. Brent Smith, 27, shook his head, then bowed it as jurors convicted him of three counts of criminal sexual conduct in the second degree. The 19-year-old Royal Oak woman he assaulted smiled through her tears as the verdict was read. Her mother began sobbing and was ordered out of the courtroom by Judge



EX-OFFICER SENTENCED IN BERKLEY ASSAULT

October 25, 2001 •• 491 words •• ID: 0110250178. Detroit Free Press
A former Berkley police officer will spend 4 to 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting a woman in his patrol car in December. Brent Smith, 27, could have been sentenced Wednesday to as little as one year in the county jail, but Oakland County Circuit Judge Gene Schnelz opted for the higher sentence, noting that Smith, as a police officer, had betrayed the public trust. Schnelz contrasted Smith's behavior with police officers who lost their lives trying to save others in the


CONCERN OVER COPS RISINGJanuary 25, 2002 •• 724 words •• ID: 0201250471. Detroit Free Press
Berkley's police department is confronted with new allegations of mistreatment by a woman, just months after one of its officers was convicted of sexually assaulting a woman during a search. A national expert on police procedure said the accusations -- which mark the third time a Berkley cop has been accused in less than two years -- are cause for concern in a department with about 30 members. Mayor Mark Mooney said he couldn't discuss specific allegations but



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