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Article: Woman describes officer's sexual assault.(Courts)(An alleged victim testifies against former policeman Magana)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- June 10, 2004
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Byline: Rebecca Nolan The Register-Guard
The woman whose telephone call to police last June prompted the investigation into Roger Eugene Magana's on-duty activities took the stand in his trial Wednesday and testified that the former patrol officer sexually assaulted her on two different occasions, about a year apart.
Magana, 41, is being tried in Lane County Circuit Court on 52 counts ranging from first-degree rape to harassment. The married father of two is accused of sexually abusing several women while in uniform.
His attorney, Russell Barnett, said during opening statements that the women's stories just didn't add up. He said his client ...