Rape charged dismissed against a former Mobile Police Officer
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[{'start': '0.160', 'end': '4.880', 'text': 'And breaking at this hour, a rape charge'}, {'start': '2.639', 'end': '7.919', 'text': 'against a former Mobile Police officer'}, {'start': '4.880', 'end': '10.080', 'text': "has been dropped. The DA's office is not"}, {'start': '7.919', 'end': '11.599', 'text': 'moving forward with the case. Our Shelby'}, {'start': '10.080', 'end': '13.120', 'text': 'Meyers in the studio with this breaking'}, {'start': '11.599', 'end': '14.880', 'text': 'update. And Shelby, what did you find'}, {'start': '13.120', 'end': '17.279', 'text': "out? Well, Cameron Lenise, the DA's"}, {'start': '14.880', 'end': '19.520', 'text': 'office is dismissing a charge of rape'}, {'start': '17.279', 'end': '21.359', 'text': "against Jonathan Leech. That's the"}, {'start': '19.520', 'end': '24.240', 'text': 'former Mobile Police officer who was'}, {'start': '21.359', 'end': '26.320', 'text': 'indicted last October. A spokesperson'}, {'start': '24.240', 'end': '29.039', 'text': "with the DA's office tells me, quote,"}, {'start': '26.320', 'end': '30.720', 'text': '"Their only option was to null the case'}, {'start': '29.039', 'end': '32.719', 'text': 'after getting some new evidence and'}, {'start': '30.720', 'end': '34.559', 'text': 'speaking with the alleged victim." End'}, {'start': '32.719', 'end': '36.719', 'text': 'quote. Now, according to a grand jury'}, {'start': '34.559', 'end': '38.640', 'text': 'indictment from last October, Leech'}, {'start': '36.719', 'end': '41.559', 'text': 'allegedly raped a person who was'}, {'start': '38.640', 'end': '43.840', 'text': 'incapable of consent because she was'}, {'start': '41.559', 'end': '45.600', 'text': 'incapacitated. At the time, the Mobile'}, {'start': '43.840', 'end': '48.719', 'text': 'Police Department told us they fired'}, {'start': '45.600', 'end': '51.120', 'text': 'Leech in June of 2024, but that they'}, {'start': '48.719', 'end': '54.079', 'text': 'said was unrelated to the Mobile County'}, {'start': '51.120', 'end': '56.000', 'text': "Sheriff's Office case against him. And"}, {'start': '54.079', 'end': '59.359', 'text': "again, tonight, the DA's office has"}, {'start': '56.000', 'end': '63.840', 'text': 'dismissed that case against Leech. In'}, {'start': '59.359', 'end': '63.840', 'text': 'the studio, Shelby Meyers, Fox 10 News.'}]