Another police officer convicted of sexual assault

Kenneth Deshun Woods, 28, a former Galveston, TX patrolman, was convicted of aggravated kidnapping for an incident where he handcuffed and sexually assaulted a woman while on duty.

According to the Houston Chronicle's Galveston ex-police officer convicted in assault on woman:

Woods faces five to 99 years in prison and a $10,000 fine, said Joel Bennett, an assistant Galveston County district attorney.According to testimony during the trial, the 43-year-old woman was sitting alone in her car on the beach early on May 27, 2006, at Apffel Park when a police officer confronted her.

The officer, whom she identified as Woods, placed her in his police car, drove her to another part of the beach, handcuffed her and sexually assaulted her. Afterward, she said, he drove her back to her car.

A second woman, a known prostitute, was with a client when Woods arrested, then raped her, according to trial testimony. Woods joined the Galveston police department in 2005 and was a patrolman before the indictment, when he was fired.