CHICAGO (AP) -- A couple have filed a federal lawsuit against the
Illinois State Police trooper convicted of forcing them to strip during
a traffic stop last June.
Jeremy Dozier, 32, was sentenced in March to six months in jail and an
additional two years probation for the incident. On Jan. 30, a jury
found Dozier guilty on four counts of bribery and four counts of
misconduct, all felonies.
In their suit filed Monday, Dimitry Baum, 23, and his fiancee, Maria
"Masha" Boyko, 19, allege that Dozier drove up behind them on a Cook
County highway, gave them Breathalyzer tests and then ordered them to
disrobe and urinate in a roadside ditch.
The suit seeks unspecified damages.
Dozier, a 10-year state police veteran, has said that the couple
stripped on their own.
He has been suspended without pay from the state police and will face
dismissal proceedings, said Illinois State Police Master Sgt. Lincoln
Hampton.
Dozier also faces felony charges in Lake County related to a similar
incident April 29 in Gurnee, when he allegedly confronted a couple in a
parked car and told them to take off their clothes and run around a
construction site.
WEDNESDAY | JUNE 14,
2006