NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The former Metro police officer accused of sexually assaulting four women was scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday in a Nashville courtroom, but the hearing was continued.
Jeffrey Poole was expected to enter his guilty or not guilty plea, but that did not happen.
Poole was arrested earlier this month. He was charged with four counts of rape, four counts of official misconduct, two counts of sexual battery, one count of patronizing prostitution and one count of attempting to patronize prostitution.
In April, a 27-year-old prostitute reported that Poole patted her down to the point of fondling and made verbal suggestions.
Detectives then located and interviewed three other women who said that Poole allegedly had sexual contact with them in 2009 when he was an on-duty uniformed patrolman in the East Precinct.
A 20-year-old woman reported that Poole arrested her on an outstanding warrant in April 2009, drove her to a secluded area, and began to fondler her under the guise of a search. She said she told Poole to just take her to jail, which Poole did, but not before allegedly giving her his phone number and offered a ride home when she was released.
A 30-year-old woman who frequented Dickerson Pike reported in late 2009, Poole approached her for sex. She said that Poole drove her in his police car to an abandoned lot and paid her for consensual acts.
A 35-year-old woman reported that in December 2009, Poole came to her Dickerson Pike motel room on-duty, in uniform, and raped her.
Poole graduated from the police academy in March 2008. He worked in the East Precinct from July 2008 until January of this year, when he transferred to the South Precinct.
Poole was decommissioned and ordered to stay away from police department facilities on May 18 based on the Sex Crimes Unit's investigation to that point.
Jeffrey Poole bonded out of the Davidson County Sheriff's Office last Thursday after posting a $200,000 bond.
His next court appearance has not yet been announced.
