Air Force Officer In Charge Of Sexual Assault Prevention Arrested For Sexual Battery

[Tx4obama]

Last edited Mon May 6, 2013, 05:13 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: Think Progress

The officer in charge of the U.S. Air Force’s response to sexual assault was himself arrested for sexual battery this weekend, drawing attention yet again to the extent of rape culture in the armed services.

Lt. Col. Jeff Krusinski is accused of assaulting a woman in an Arlington, VA, parking lot early Sunday morning. According to the police report of the incident, Krusinski approached the woman in question after a night of drinking:

On May 5 at 12:35 am, a drunken male subject approached a female victim in a parking lot and grabbed her breasts and buttocks. The victim fought the suspect off as he attempted to touch her again and alerted police. Jeffrey Krusinski, 41, of Arlington, VA, was arrested and charged with sexual battery. He was held on a $5,000 unsecured bond.

Krusinski is the head of the Air Force’s branch of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program, a Department of Defense initiative to combat sexual assault in the ranks. A spokesperson for the Air Force confirmed to local blog ARLnow.com the man described in the police report is in fact Lt. Col. Krusinski, but gave no further comment. ARLNow also confirmed that the woman and Krusinski did not know each other prior to the encounter.

Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/security/2013/05/06/1970361/air-force-officer-sexual-battery/

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Air Force Officer Accused of Sexual Battery
http://www.arlnow.com/2013/05/06/air-force-officer-accused-of-sexual-battery/

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UPDATE...

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The Air Force official in charge of its sexual-assault policies was arrested for groping, authorities said Monday.

Lt. Col. Jeff Krusinski, 41, was removed from his position as head of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office pending an investigation, a senior defense official said.

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http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/06/18089279-air-forces-sex-abuse-prevention-honcho-charged-with-sexual-battery?lite

[atreides1]

1. Not to worry

The convening authority will try to get the charges dropped, failing that they'll probably overturn the verdict!

[Blue_Tires]

2. Did the woman tune up his face?

or is it one of those "piss-drunk-stumble-fall-trip-over-everything" type of faces??

[elleng]

3. DAMN!

[MrScorpio]

4. Thank gawd that I'm retired and no longer stationed at the Pentagon

I used the run the unit Separations shop. If this guy is found guilty and is allowed to separate, I would have been the guy who would see this guy's case and process his paperwork.

I met quite a few creepy officers in that job.

[99th_Monkey]

5. Well this pretty much takes the cake.

WTF? The US military culture appears to have become a "wink/nod, rape is ok" zone, and they
just can't help themselves, no matter how ugly it gets.

[freshwest]

6. Picture proof she fought him off; but only $5K unsecured bail? Guess it's his pretty face got that:

I'm confused at the 'held' on 'unsecured bail.' Meaning he is in custody now, but will be released without providing any security for getting out?

[geek tragedy]

7. Remember all of those "any man can be a potential rapist" flamefests?

The #1 anti-rape officer in the military=potential/would-be rapist.

[AtheistCrusader]

12. Yeah, those were enlightening.

[dixiegrrrrl]

14. OTOH, he may have seen himself as very qualified for the job.

[geek tragedy]

15. Booze unlocks a whole treasure chest of

loathsome behavior.

[Baitball Blogger]

8. There should be an emoticon for

"Why am I not surprised?"

[Stuart G]

9. It just hit the news..It will be all over the country by tomrrow..hard to believe..or is it?? Also

I looked at NBC News.com and it is a headline there. They must have double and triple verified before posting that..
You know sometimes you really don't know what to think or say.

[sheshe2]

10. This makes so incredibly angry! nt

[Laurian]

11. Well, so much for all that rhetoric about

taking this issue seriously. I'm thinking they should just put women in these positions since it seems men cannot handle it.

I'm beyond disgusted.

[Tx4obama]

13. Update: He has been removed from his position pending investigation

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The Air Force official in charge of its sexual-assault policies was arrested for groping, authorities said Monday.

Lt. Col. Jeff Krusinski, 41, was removed from his position as head of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office pending an investigation, a senior defense official said.

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http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/06/18089279-air-forces-sex-abuse-prevention-honcho-charged-with-sexual-battery?lite

[sakabatou]

16. Good

[beachgirl2365]

17. MSNBC just took down this story as their breaking news headline!

... hmmmmmmm..... I wonder what that's all about?

[Tx4obama]

18. The news story is still on the front pages of MSNBC and NBC

MSNBC (Latest Stories section): http://tv.msnbc.com/

NBC (top right): http://www.nbcnews.com/

And at the top of the front page of HuffPo: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

[DallasNE]

19. Nothing Has Changed Since Tail Hook

And the Air Force seems to have a lot more problems with this than the other branches of the military.

I have a grand nephew that 2 years ago joined the Navy. We are friends on Facebook. Back then he was a pretty normal 19 year old that wasn't quite sure of what he wanted to do in life so he joined the Navy. He rarely posted anything political but showed family Democratic leanings. Two years later he is a tea bagging, sexist gun nut. Not sure if this is a result of Navy indoctrination or if it is the people he hangs around with. He has on more than one occasion used Brietbart dot com as a source as though that is a trusted source. His older brother has more than once posted "where did that come from because you weren't brought up that way". I once posted "you know that is extremely sexist, don't you" in response to one of his posts and one of his female friends clicked "like" to my post. I hope the message starts to get through to him before these views get too hardened. But something is going on in the military culture that needs to be turned around.

[Locut0s]

20. Why is US politics at Greek tragedy / Shakespeare level irony...

I'd have trouble keeping up with the news if I was trying to make it up as a writer.

[nolabels]

21. In today's miltary, rank has nothing to do with a person being one of the good guys

Rank is sometimes made by underhanded cheap shots so if you see a Colin Powel or a dude like this in the ranks do be surprised. It's all about making the pieces fit and has very little to do with making peace.

If Obama was smart he would make the persons two commands above this sicko pay for this outrage because this should have never happened

[KitSileya]

22. It's a good thing his victim is a civilian.

Then maybe she can get justice. And it helps get this dirtbag out of the Air Force. I have no doubts that he has previous victims as well, most likely in uniform, who knew very well that to report him was useless.

[Sirveri]

23. Typical, almost like putting the fattest chief in charge of the physical fitness reports.

They seem to worm their way into the positions that they need to minimize the potential for damage to themselves.