Andrews v. United States

OBERLY, Associate Judge:

This is a case of police depravity. In November 1999, appellant Vincent Andrews, then a Metropolitan Police Department officer, was convicted by a jury of first-degree sexual abuse of a ward, 1 tampering with physical evidence, 2 and obstruction of justice. 3 In addition, the trial court found Andrews guilty of simple assault. 4 The jury acquitted him of second-degree sexual abuse of a ward. 5 Andrews’ convictions arose out of his insistence on having sex with a prostitute, Antoinette Keys, whom he had just arrested and taken into police custody. Ms. Keys, having been…