Tennessee cop scandal

The lawsuit claims that the officers: "Colluded in using their authority to systematically disarm her resistance and entrap her in degrading and abusive sexual relationships — even sharing tips on the best ways to manipulate and exploit her." Patrick Magliocco and Maegan Hall. Credit: La Vergne Police Department

La Vergne Mayor Jason Cole launched an internal probe in December after he learned Hall had had “intimate relationships” with other members of the department, according to an outside investigation commissioned by the city. She told superiors about the encounters at the time, according to the external investigation conducted by a law firm. The sexual activity was alleged to have included a hot tub party on a houseboat attended by at least three other officers and the sharing of nude photos of Hall and other officers, according to the investigation, the findings of which were included in the suit. Some of the other encounters took place on city property, that investigation found. Hall, Powell, McGowan and two other officers were fired in late December, and three others were suspended. The suit alleged Davis tried to have sex with Hall and discussed plans to have sex with her with one of her superiors in text messages. “During her employment, Ms. Hall was groomed to engage in sexually exploitative activities by men in the department including Sgt. Powell, Sgt. McGowan, and Chief Davis,” the suit alleged. The suit argued Hall was set up and ultimately harmed, both by the intimate interactions and by her subsequent firing, because her work environment was sexually charged. “From the beginning of her employment, Ms. Hall experienced a workplace environment permeated with sexual innuendo and sexually explicit behavior,” the filing said. The document lists a number of other allege...

LA VERGNE, Tennessee ( WSMV4 received a copy of the city records for the five La Vergne Police Department officers who were fired and the three officers who were suspended as part of the investigation that made national and international headlines earlier this month. The investigation found officers within the department’s evening shift were having sex with each other while on duty and on city property. The investigative report also highlighted a raucous hot tub party and the exchange of explicit naked photos between officers. The investigation started Dec. 12 after La Vergne Mayor Jason Cole received a tip that Officer Maegan Hall was having intimate relationships with other members of the department, according to a 20-page report. Those employees include Sgt. Lewis Powell, Officer Patrick Magliocco, Officer Larry Holladay, Detective Seneca Shields and Officer Juan Lugo-Perez. All of the men admitted to having undisclosed sexual relationships with Hall, an investigative report said. The details of the investigation can be found here. The newly released files WSMV4 got through an open records request show some of the officers involved had previous policy violations including speeding and smoking in patrol vehicles, using work computers for personal matters and most shocking, another sexual conduct investigation. Summaries of those files are listed below: Maegan Hall, hired by the La Vergne Police Department in 2020, was fired in connection to the sex investigation. Her per...

La Vergne Police Department Maegan Hall is a former La Vergne, Tennessee, police officer whose salacious firing went viral. Maegan Hall is a former La Vergne, The internal investigation report, The case has sparked “I want to be clear that the actions of a few do not represent this department as a whole,” Here’s what you need to know: 1. The Investigator Recommended That Maegan Hall & 4 Officers Be Terminated The report recommended that Maegan Hall be terminated for sexual activity while on duty, sexual harassment, conduct unbecoming of an officer, and lying during the course of the investigation. It also recommended the termination of Sergeant Ty McGowan, Sergeant Lewis Powell, Detective Seneca Shields and Officer Juan Lugo. The report says the investigator recommended a suspension for Officers Patrick Magliocco, Larry Holladay and Gavin Schoeberl. The investigator wrote in the report that he had substantiated the allegations of unreported sexual relationships against Hall, Magliocco, Holladay, Shields and Lugo. He also wrote in the report that he had substantiated the allegations of sexual activity while on duty against Shields, Hall and Powell. He wrote that he had substantiated sexual harassment accusations against Hall, Schoeberl, Lugo, Holladay, Shields and McGowan, and that he had substantiated an allegation of workplace violence against McGowan, the report says. Magliocco is pictured in the dark uniform receiving an award According to the report, the investigator p...

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The Daily Briefing is The Tennessean's morning round-up of today's news that matters most to you. Best enjoyed with a cup of coffee, it's also available directly in your inbox, bright and early, seven days a week. Hello readers of Nashville and beyond. It's 1/3 of your Tennessean breaking news team, Last month, Nashville's board was created shortly after the July 2018 So what happens now? The board has 120 days from July 1 to re-structure, which ultimately means providing oversight after the fact. The board now also is in a time crunch to try and process all open cases before that date. The biggest hurdle however, according to board members, will be trying to validate citizen concerns while still trying to enact change within the police department. Check out the story Thank you for reading, and most importantly, thank you for supporting local journalism. More stories to start your day: • • • • •

The steamy shenanigans — in which Hall allegedly bragged about the size of one partner’s genitals and claimed to be in an “open marriage” — not only led Hall to be canned, but led to the firings of Sgt. Lewis Powell, Officer Juan Lugo, Sgt. Ty McGowan and Detective Seneca Shields, according to a December internal investigation.