MILWAUKEE — A Milwaukee police officer who fatally shot a black man in August, sparking several nights of unrest, has been charged with sexually assaulting a man two days after the shooting, after they watched coverage of the riots on television at a bar, authorities announced Thursday.
Officer Dominique Heaggan-Brown, 24, was arrested Wednesday, according to a statement from the Milwaukee Police Department. The adult male victim, identified only as AV1, told police on Aug. 15 that Heaggan-Brown had sexually assaulted him while off duty, according to the criminal complaint. That was two days after Heaggan-Brown fatally shot 23-year-old Sylville Smith, who police said was holding a gun when he was shot after a brief chase.
Heaggan-Brown took the victim to a bar late on the night of Aug. 14 and they drank heavily and watched TV as coverage of the protests aired, the criminal complaint said. The victim told investigators that Heaggan-Brown bragged that he was the boss and that there were ‘‘no limitations’’ on how he lived and that he could do whatever he wanted ‘‘without repercussions,’’ the complaint said.
The victim told police the day after the alleged assault that he felt drugged. He said he woke up to Heaggan-Brown sexually assaulting him.
Using photographs and other data from the officer’s cellphone, the complaint said, investigators determined that Heaggan-Brown offered two people money for sex several times — in December 2015 and in July and August of this year — and that he sexually assaulted another unconscious person in July .