OFF THE WIRE
Buckeye Police Department
Casey Shook
A former Buckeye police officer was arrested in Florida after a Buckeye resident accused him of sex offenses involving children, Buckeye police said.
Buckeye officers worked in conjunction with Daytona Beach police to arrest Casey Shook, 39, of Buckeye, last week, Buckeye police spokesman Lt. Jared Griffith said. Shook reportedly was in Florida for training related to his new employment with American K-9 Detection Services, LLC.
Shook was booked on nine counts of sexual conduct with a minor, three counts of kidnapping, aggravated assault, two counts of sexual abuse, three counts of voyeurism, indecent exposure, and threatening and intimidating, Griffith said.
Griffith would not elaborate on the specific nature of the accusations or the number of victims, only saying that the age range is 8 to 14 years old.
Shook is in custody at the Volusia County jail awaiting extradition to Arizona, he said. Buckeye detectives flew to Florida to interview him for the investigation.
Police said Shook reportedly was a karate instructor in Buckeye, but Griffith was not sure if he worked for a karate studio or did private instruction.
Aaron Delgado, the program director at Lee's ATA Black Belt Academy, Buckeye's only martial arts studio, said Shook was not an instructor at the academy.
Shook was fired Sept. 23 after he was accused of plagiarizing three police reports, improperly investigating and closing cases and improperly impounding evidence. On June 15, the Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board imposed a three-month suspension of his certification that was backdated for Sept. 23 through Dec. 23.
Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/06/29/20110629buckeye-police-officer-accused-sex-abuse-brk.html#ixzz1Qr3OY044
