The Daily Populous Thursday August 15th, 2024 evening edition
Authored by whec.com and submitted by So_spoke_the_wizard

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Does the punishment fit the crime? That’s what some people are asking after a former Rochester Police officer who raped a 13-year-old was sentenced.

Shawn Jordan was sentenced Wednesday to 10 weekends in jail and 10 years probation. He pleaded guilty to raping the teen in 2022 in South Bristol.

Shawn Jordan also was sentenced to 10 years probation under an initial plea agreement. Jordan pleaded guilty earlier this year to raping the girl in 2022 in South Bristol.

The mother of the now 15-year-old girl begged Ontario County Judge Kristina Karle to send her daughter’s rapist to prison, but the judge accepted the plea agreement.

Rushing to his car after the sentencing, Jordan avoided answering any questions after sentencing.

“I’m not entirely satisfied with the sentence … but ultimately as a prosecutor I have to weigh things like the impact of actually having to testify on the victim of this crime,” said Ontario County Assistant District Attorney Kelly Wolford. “And she’s a child, and she was going to have to face her accuser in the courtroom. And when I was given the opportunity to consider whether or not we’d take a guilty plea – absolutely, all day, in a circumstance like this.”

She said: “I’m thankful that it’s over for the victim and her family who were here today in court. It’s been a long process to get to this point but ultimately, just thankful they can move on and start to heal.”

Wolford said accepting the terms of the plea agreement was not easy, but it came down to “the impact of actually having to testify on the victim of this crime.”

Jordan will start serving his sentence later this month — a sentence that Wolford says Jordan reportedly has been bragging about.

“”We had heard from members of the community that he had indicated that he had ‘gotten off’ on these charges. and that is not unusual for us to hear. Unfortunatley people say those things. But it’s concerning if it is (true),” she said.

An order of protection has been issued and Jordan will be on the sex offender registry.

This case is separate from one he’s facing in Monroe County. He was arrested in March 2023, accused of exposing himself to a minor and acting in a lewd manner over a video chat. He was suspended from the force without pay and later resigned. A spokesperson from the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office says a court date has not yet been set.

DeadHumanSkum on August 14th, 2024 at 22:21 UTC »

What a miscarriage of justice, fucking disgusting

DeNoodle on August 14th, 2024 at 22:06 UTC »

He really wants to put this whole unfortunate situation behind him, so he'll be taking a few months to gain insight at an internmentship before wholeheartedly re-applying himself to his real passion, police work, in the next town over.

MikeOKurias on August 14th, 2024 at 22:01 UTC »

I thought weekend jail was for minimum offense offenders, not rapist pedophile cops.