MAKE4@
MAKE4@ SURE NOTIFICATIONS AR4@E TURNED ON. IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE APP YET BE 4@SURE TO DOWNLO
IT. IT'S FREE FROM THE APP
STORE 4@IT FELT WORSE AT NIGHT
THAN IT DID IN THE DAY. BUT
SOON AS A COP CAR WOULD GET
BEHIND ME 4@I WOULD BE LIKE I'M
NOT SPEEDING. AND I WOULD BE
LOOKING 4@TENNNESSEE IF IT WAS
HIM. AFTER A 10 YEAR INTO THE
CONDUCT OF 10 POLICE OFFICERS
AND KNOXVILLE THIS WAS BACK IN @
SEPTEMBER. A SECOND WOMAN HAS
COME FORWARD TO SAY SHE WAS
STALKED BY ONE OF THE OFFICERS
IN OUR REPORT. SHE 4@DESCRIBES
HOW HARD IT WAS FOR HER TO
REPORT THE OFFICER TO CAPE P.D.
IN OUR REPORT. SHE 4@DESCRIBES HOW HARD IT WAS FOR HER TO REPORT THE OFFICER TO CAPE P.D.@
AND HOW SCARED SHE WAS TO SAY
SOMETHING. TENNNESSEE PROTOCOL @
SULLIVAN CONTINUES HER STORY IN
THIS 10 NEWS INVESTIGATION 4@
COLOLRS CHARMAINE NICHOLS SAYS
42 YEAR OLD OFFICER LARRY
PRESNELL STALKED HER IN 2010.
SHE TOLD CHEIF 4@AT THE TIME BU
IT WASN'T EASY THEN AND IT'S
STILL NOT EASY TO TALK ABOUT IT
NOW HER STORY BEGINS WITH A
SIMPLE SPEEDING TICKET. I
DESERVED A SPEEDING TICKET. I
WAS GOING 8 OR 9. I MAY HAVE
BEEN GOING 10 MILES OVER THE
SPEED LIMIT. SO HE WAS DOING
HIS JOB. THEN 4@THAT HE WASN'T
DOING HIS JOB WHEN HE CAME
BACK. CHARMAINE NICHOLS SAYS
THE DAY AFTER HE PULLED HER
OVER AND I-40 WEST CHEIF PD 4@S
LARRY PRESNELL WAS AT HER FRONT
DOOR4@. SHE SAYS OFFICER 4@PRES
TOLD HER NOT TO WORRY ABOUT THE
TICKET ANYMORE. HE'D PUT IT
DOWN AS A WARNING. THE NEXT DAY
HE CAME BACK. SHE HAD 4@A DRINK
IN HER HAND AND OFFERED HIM ONE
PRESNELL SAID NO AND LEFT 4@BUT
SHE SAYS HE CAME BACK AGAIN AND
IN HER HAND AND OFFERED HIM ONE PRESNELL SAID NO AND LEFT 4@BUT SHE SAYS HE CAME BACK AGAIN AND@
CAME TOWARD HER TKAE SAID WOULD
IT BE OKAY IF I ASK YOU TO GIVE
ME A HUG 4@AND THEN I KNEW THER
WAS A PROBLEM SHE 4@SAYS. SHE
PUSHED HIS WRISTS AWAY AND
ASKED HIM IF SOMETHING WAS
WRONG. I MADE A LITTLE BIT OF
ROOM FOR MAYBE HE MISUNDERSTOOD
ASKED HIM IF SOMETHING WAS WRONG. I MADE A LITTLE BIT OF ROOM FOR MAYBE HE MISUNDERSTOOD@
WHO I WAS OR MY 4@KINDNESS MAYB
HE MISINTERPRETED IT BUT I
THOUGHT I'D STRAIGHTEN IT OUT
WHEN I IMMEDIATELY SAID IS
SOMETHING WRONG. EVEN AFTER HE
LEFT 4@THAT DAY SHE SAYS IT DID
NOT STOP. PRESNELL CALLED HER
OVER 4@AND OVER AGAIN AND CAME
HER DOOR. AT LEAST FIVE TIMES 4@
NICHOLS SAYS HIS REPEAT VISITS
SCARED HER. HE WAS BIGGER THAN @
HER IN UNIFORM AND SHE WAS
AFRAID HE MIGHT DO SOMETHING TO
HER I GOT ON MY PHONE EVERY
NIGHT WHEN I WAS COMING HOME. I
CALLED A GUY FRIEND OR
GIRLFRIEND. I CALLED SOMEBODY
TO BE 4@ON THE PHONE WITH ME.
WHEN I WALKED IN THE HOUSE
NICHOLS STORY SOUNDS A LOT LIKE
THE ONE SCHIELE BAKER TOLD 4@US
LAST MONTH. IN HALFOFF 15 TIMES
15 DRIVE 4@THEN IT GOT WORSE
BAKER SAYS. SHE REPORTED
PRESNELL FOR SEXUAL MISCONDUCT
IN 2016. HE SAID I WAS 4@HOPING
THAT YOU'D BEEN IN NATS LITTEL
SEXY LOU4@DONS RAY 4@REALLY. WH
NICHOLS HEARD OUR STORY WITH
BAKER SHE REACHED OUT TO TELL
US HER OWN INTERACTION WITH
PRESNELL IN 2010. THE BREAKING
POINT FOR HER WAS WHEN HE
SHOWED UP ON HER SUNPORCH 4@AS
SHE GOT READY FOR A SHOWER AND
WENT INTO THE BATHROOM AND I
PULLED AND A CHEST ACROSS THE
DOOR 4@HE CALLED AND LEFT HER
THIS VOICEMAIL. 4@IN A RECORDIN
OF HER 4@4@INTERNAL AFFAIRS
INTERVIEW OBTAINED BY 10 NEWS
NICHOLS SAYS SHE DOES NOT WANT
A FORMAL INQUIRY OR ANY
PUNISHMENT FOR PRESNELL. SHE
JUST WANTS HIM TO STOP PRESS
ADKINS. I CONSIDER YOU TO BE ON
PUNISHMENT FOR PRESNELL. SHE JUST WANTS HIM TO STOP PRESS ADKINS. I CONSIDER YOU TO BE ON@
HIS BEHAVIOR IS NOVEMBER 20
30000 4@THIS IS OFFICER PRESNEL
ADKINS. I CONSIDER YOU TO BE ON@ HIS BEHAVIOR IS NOVEMBER 20 30000 4@THIS IS OFFICER PRESNEL@
SHEEHAN AND LYNCH. THERE WAS A
TIME THAT YOU CAME INTO YOUR 4@
KORNMEYER YOU'4@RE ALWAYS TALKI
IN GENERAL IT WAS NOT
AGGRESSIVE ENOUGH 4@4@I'4@VE BE
DOWN THAT ROAD AND THAT'S NOT A
ROANE HOWELL WRONG PROBABLY WAS
WRONG. AFTER HEARING THIS STORY
INVESTIGATORS TOLD PRESNELL NOT
TO SEE HER AGAIN. HE DID NOT 4@
MAKE FURTHER CONTACT W4@ITH ME
AFTER THAT. TKAE 4@THERE WAS NO
ADDITIONAL DISCIPLINE BECAUSE
NICHOLS ASKED FOR THERE NOT TO @
BE GIVEN THAT THE SPOKESPERSON
SAID THEY DID EVERYTHING THEY
COULD 4@FROM THE VERY BEGINNING
THE SPOKESPERSON SAYS. HER
ALLEGATIONS WERE TAKEN
SERIOUSLY BY THE INTERNAL
AFFAIRS UNIT WHO HANDLED HER
CO4@MPLAINT EXACTLY AS SHE WISH
COUNSELLED PRESNELL AND BROUGHT
THE ISSUE TO AN IMMEDIATE 4@
RESOLUTION. WE ALSO TALKED TO
PRESNELL HIMSELF. HE TOLD ME
QUOTE ALL OF THIS IS COMING OUT
NOW AND I'VE DEALT WITH IT ONCE
AND NOW MY FAMILY IS HAVING TO
DEAL WITH IT AGAIN. PRESNELL
WOULD NOT SAY WHETHER HE WOULD
DO ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY LOOKING
BACK. HE RESIGNED AFTER SCHIELE
A COMPLAINT IN 2016. HE SAYS
BECAUSE QUOTE I WAS 4@4@JUST OV
POLICE WORK. EVEN THOUGH SHE
THOUGHT PRESNELLS BEHAVIOR WAS
WRONG NICHOLS SAYS IT WASN'T
EASY TO COME FORWARD. I FEEL
4@ VERY FOOLISH ABOUT IT THAT I
DIDN'T REPORT IT IMMEDIATELY. 4@
NEARLY A DECADE AFTER NICHOLS
REPORTED HIM TO INTERNAL
AFFAIRS 4@SHE SAYS HER
INTERACTIONS WITH PRESNELL
IMPACT HER TO 4@THIS DAY. EVEN
MY AGE AND 4@MY OWN EXPERIENCE
THE LEGAL FIELD I WAS STILL A
HUMAN BEING NICHOLS 4@BAKER BOT
SAY IT WAS DIFFICULT TO COME
FORWARD WITH THEIR STORIES AND
WE KNOW THEY'RE NOT ALONE. A
2013 STUDY SAYS FOUR OUT OF
FIVE WOMEN AND ALMOST HALF OF
MEN REPORT BEING HARASSED.
RIGHTS GROUPS SAY VICTIMS OFTEN
FIND IT DIFFICULT TO REPORT
AUTHORITY FIGURES LI4@KE BOSSES
OR DOCTORS OR 4@POLICE OFFICERS
THE NONPROFIT GROUP EQUAL
RIGHTS ADVOCATES HAS RESOURCES
FOR PEOPLE STRUGGLING TO REPORT
HARASSMENT. THEY SAY FIRST 4@IF
YOU'RE COMFORTABLE TELL THE
PERSON TO STOP. NEXT TO
RESEARCH ON PROCEDURES 4@AND
POLICIES THAT THE ORGANIZATION
INVOLVED AND FINALLY DOCUMENT
EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS
INCLUDIN4@G WHAT YOU SAID AND
WHEN ROBIN EDGE JOHN THAT WILL
HELP OFFICIALS IF YOU CHOOSE TO
TAKE ACTION REPORT IT.