LEWISVILLE, Texas – A Lewisville police officer is accused of escorting an intoxicated woman home and then sexually assaulting her while in uniform, according to the arrest affidavit recently obtained by FOX 4.
Officer Filemon Perez was charged with sexual assault and official oppression. He resigned from the department earlier this month after he was given a heads-up that he was going to be fired.
The alleged assault happened on Nov. 28 around 1 a.m. at the woman’s Lewisville apartment.
The woman told police she went to a nearby bar with her friend after dinner, according to the affidavit. She admitted to drinking wine at dinner and several drinks at the bar. She says she decided to walk home less than half a mile away after getting into an argument with her friend.
The woman told police she was drunk and stumbled a lot while walking home, so she took a break on the curb of the front leasing office.
The woman said an officer approached her, introducing himself as “Officer Charles,” to see if she was okay, the affidavit states.
The woman said she felt safe with the officer since her dad was an officer for 10 years.
After the officer got her back to her apartment door, the woman says the officer didn’t leave, instead “telling her she was beautiful and asking her for a glass of water,” the arrest report states.
The woman says once inside her apartment, the “officer told her she was sexy, which made her feel awkward, but she brushed it off.”
The woman told police she turned on more lights around her apartment. One of the lights illuminated her bedroom door, to which the officer commented, “Is that where the magic happens?” while nodding towards it, according to the affidavit.
The woman said the officer told her she shouldn’t tell anyone anything and then grabbed her hand and kissed her on the mouth.
According to the arrest report, the officer pushed her onto the bed, where he took off her pants. She says the officer told her several times that no one needed to know about this and sexually assaulted her. She says she tried to push him off with no success.
The woman says the assault stopped when the officer heard his police radio. He said he had to answer the call and left, the report says.
The woman called 911 to report the assault and told police she wanted to press charges.
She explained to investigators who responded that “she knew not to shower or do anything else because she was a sexual assault victim before,” according to the arrest report.
The woman went to the police station for a forensic exam and identified Officer Perez in a photo lineup.
Police say GPS data from Perez confirmed he was at the woman’s apartment at the time of the alleged assault. They say he failed to turn on his body cam or dash cam while he responded to what he said was a “noise disturbance.”
A warrant was issued for Perez’s arrest on Dec. 4. He turned himself in at the Denton County jail last Monday. He was released the same day after posting a $155,000 bond.
In a statement previously released after Perez’s warrant was issued, Lewisville Police Chief Brook Rollins said, “We will continue to pursue this incident to bring justice to the victim.”
