Five police officers in Tennessee were fired from the police station where they worked for a sex scandal in which a married officer had exchanges with six uniformed officers, in some cases during business hours.
Megan Hall no longer works for the La Vergne Police Department; nor the agent Juan Lugo Pérez; Sergeants Henry Ty McGowan and Lewis Powell; and Detective Seneca Shields.
Three other police officers were suspended after the allegations came to light. These were identified by local and national media as K-9 officer Larry Holladay, and patrol officers Patrick Magliocco and Gavin Schoeberl.
The changes were the result of an internal investigation whose results were released last week and which revealed that the woman led wild sexual escapades that included sending explicit photos, exposing her breasts at “Girls Gone Wild” parties, and even oral sex with two officers.
Hall is accused of performing oral sex on Powell and Shields at the police station and in the police station gym, according to the December 28 internal report.
Hall allegedly bragged about the size of one of the sexual partners’ member and further alleged that their marriage was an open one.
The meetings would have been recorded in hotels, parties at the police officers’ houses and on a boat.
Department management began investigating the allegations after La Vergne Mayor Jason Cole received a tip that Hall was sleeping with several fellow officers and had had a threesome with Magliocco and his wife.
When the officer was confronted with the information, he admitted to having sexual relations with Hall on multiple occasions.
The then-uniformed man also revealed that Hall told him that Powell had a “big black member” and that he had had a sexual encounter with him when they were both working.
Magliocco further stated that Hall and Holladay kissed while watching a football game at a party, and that Hall also kissed his wife upon learning that she was in an open relationship with his partner.
Police Chief Chip Davis said in a statement that the actions of a few do not represent the entire department. He added that the situation will be handled internally and counselors will offer help to the officers who remain at the station. According to Davis, there are enough staff to cover all the shifts at the police station.
For his part, the mayor called the case unacceptable and that the priority is to rebuild public trust.