The United States principal federal law enforcement agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has stated that a former Kansas City, Kansas, police detective who has long been accused of sexually preying on Black women during criminal investigations has been indicted on charges that he sexually abused two women.
According to reports, the 96-year-old Roger Golubski was arrested at his home in Edwardsville after a federal grand jury indicted him on six counts of civil rights violations.
During a 15-minute hearing, U.S. Magistrate Judge Rebecca Schwarz entered a not guilty plea to all six charges for Golubski, who asked to remain silent. A pretrial hearing was scheduled for Oct. 12.
In a statement released by MORE2, a civil rights organization, one of his alleged victims, Ophelia Williams, said “I am so happy and stunned at the arrest of that man”
“I pray that after so many years we finally get justice, people can finally relax, and I can finally sleep at night.”
It was stated that Golubski’s court-appointed attorney, Tom Lemon of Topeka, hinted that he will ask that Golubski be released before trial because he undergoes daily treatments for serious health issues, including dialysis three or four days a week for failing kidneys.
Lemon, who reportedly declined comments after the hearing, stated that Golubski is also receiving treatment after quintuple heart bypass surgery in April and takes insulin shots for diabetes.
While noting that “He has been told that if he misses six dialysis treatments, he is going to die,” Lemon added that “If he doesn’t receive that daily treatment, he’s going to have trouble helping me in his defense.”
It was reported that Golubski spoke only when Schwarz asked him whether he wanted her to appoint an attorney for him.
Records have it that Golubski retired in 2010 after working for the Kansas City Police Department for 35 years. The security agency, FBI has been investigating allegations that Golubski, who is white, sexually assaulted Black women in the city and exchanged drugs for information during criminal investigations.
In the federal indictment, Golubski was accused of sexually assaulting two women, identified as S.K., and O.W., on several occasions between 1998 and 2002. However, the indictment did not state the race of the women.
The embattled Golubski is accused of raping both women and forcing them to perform oral sex on him several times in his vehicle and at the women’s homes. According to the indictment, Golubski’s conduct included aggravated sexual abuse and kidnapping.
The law has it that if convicted of any of the counts, Golubski could be sentenced to life in prison.
Multiple reports have it that for many years, Civil rights groups sought an investigation into Golubski’s conduct. The allegations against him drew more attention after Lamont McIntyre, who spent 23 years in prison for a double murder he didn’t commit, sued Golubski and other Kansas City, Kansas, officers after he was released.
In the lawsuit, McIntyre and his mother, Rose McIntyre, alleged that Golubski framed Lamont for a double homicide in 1994 because she refused the detective’s sexual demands. According to reports, the local government agreed in June to settle the lawsuit for $12.5 million.
In a statement, the Midwest Innocence Project, a civil rights group that works to free wrongfully convicted inmates, said Golubski’s arrest was “the first step” in finding justice for those harmed by law enforcement officials, particularly Black women.
“A full investigation into the abuses in Wyandotte County and systemic reforms are needed to ensure that no other police officers and public officials can continue to abuse their power,” the organization said in a news release.
On their part, Kansas City police Chief Karl Oakman and Wyandotte County District Attorney Mark Dupree issued separate statements pledging to continue cooperating with the investigation and said the arrest proved that no one was above the law.
While applauding the arrest, MORE 2 board member Violet Martin said in a statement: “It took over three decades, thirty years of this man living like he is a law-abiding citizen and he is one of the biggest criminals we have in Wyandotte County”.
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