ST. LOUIS – After a one-day trial, jurors did not convict a former St. Louis police officer accused of rape.
The St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office had alleged Torey Phelps raped an incapacitated woman in 2010 at a fellow officer’s home.
Phelps’ colleague, Lafeal Lawshea, currently faces two charges of forcible rape and one count of witness tampering. Lawshea’s trial is scheduled to begin in February 2023.
Prosecutors said that Lawshea drugged one of the victims, and that Phelps then sexually assaulted her while Lawshea was there.
Phelps’ began on Wednesday, with jurors reaching their verdict on Thursday afternoon.