A Customs and Border Protection officer has been sentenced to 33 months in prison for sexually assaulting women at Miami International Airport.
CBP Officer Paulo Morales, 48, of Miami, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robin S. Rosenbaum to 33 months in prison along with one year supervised release, the Justice Department announced.
In July, Morales pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor counts of deprivation of rights under color of law.
During the plea proceedings, Morales admitted that on various dates in January 2011, while working as an officer with CBP at the Miami International Airport, he groped the breasts of three separate women without their consent and while they were in the custody of CBP.
“This officer abandoned his commitment to legitimate law enforcement and used his power to abuse women in his custody,” said Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division.
“The harm to the victims and the general public cut deep because it came at the very hands of someone who was sworn to serve and protect the public, and instead breached that trust,” added Wifredo A. Ferrar, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida.
This case was investigated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Office of Professional Responsibility and CBP Internal Affairs and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney William White of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida and Trial Attorney Henry Leventis of the Civil Rights Division.
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