Nassau Cop Charged After Sexually Inappropriate Behavior During a Traffic Stop Rice: P.O. Mannerz coerced woman into touching him sexually after pulling over vehicle in which she was a passenger
MINEOLA, NY - Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced today that a Nassau County Police Officer has been arrested after he used his authority as an officer to coerce a woman into touching him sexually during a traffic stop. The case was investigated by the Nassau District Attorney’s Office Public Corruption Bureau in conjunction with the Nassau County Police Department Internal Affairs Unit (IAU). Garrett Mannerz, 34, was arrested this morning by IAU and charged with Bribe Receiving in the Third Degree, Official Misconduct, Coercion in the Second Degree, and Sexual Abuse in the Third Degree. Mannerz faces up to seven years in prison if convicted. He is due back in court June 29. Rice said that on February 27, 2011, Mannerz, a police officer in the Third Precinct, stopped a vehicle that was travelling in the vicinity of Hempstead Turnpike and Newbridge Road in East Meadow. Inside the car were three women in their early-twenties. After performing field sobriety test...