
					
						
							Black Police Chief Accused of Rape Gets Special 
							Help. No court date has been set for a hearing in 
							the case

							

 
								
									Police Chief Charged With Rape Out on Bond
								
									
										
											
												
													
 
													
														
															
																
																	
																		
																
															
														
													
												
												
													       Ronald Marshall     
													    
													
													Frisco City Police Chief 
													Arrested for Rape
											
											
												
													
														 

														

														3-21-2011
												
											
											
												The Frisco City Chief of Police 
												charged with one count of rape 
												and an ethics violation is out 
												on bond.

												

												Chief Ronald Marshall posted the 
												more than $100,000 bond to get 
												out of jail.

												

												The Alabama Department of Public 
												Safety says Alabama Bureau of 
												Investigation agents began an 
												investigation into Chief 
												Marshall at the request of Tommy 
												Chapman, District Attorney of 
												Conecuh and Monroe Counties.

												

												LOCAL 15 News's partners at the 
												Press Register spoke with 
												Chapman. He says that a 
												38-year-old woman claims 
												Marshall sexually assaulted her 
												when she tried to report a 
												computer theft.

												

												Chapman told the Press Register 
												Marshall allegedly told the 
												woman to leave the police 
												station with him and go to 
												another location as part of the 
												theft investigation, and the 
												woman claims Marshall instead 
												drove her to a secluded road and 
												raped her in his police car.

												

												Frisco City leaders and 
												residents are shocked by the 
												allegations.

												

												Marshall has been appointed an 
												attorney. But so far no court 
												date has been set for a hearing 
												in the case.

												

												Frisco City Mayor Sue Starr 
												told LOCAL 15 news Marshall has 
												been suspended until "they can 
												get to the bottom of this." 
												Starr says she expects a 
												resolution on Marshall's 
												employment status with the city 
												to be decided early next week.

												

												"I was quite stunned by it," 
												Frisco City resident Jacqueline 
												Watkins said. "Small town, you 
												know we really depend on him.