If You Can't Do the Time, Don't Do the Crime

Massillon Police Officer John Mitchell sent text messages and nude and sexually explicit photos of himself, including pictures of his own genitalia to a woman he arrested for Drunken Driving.

"She was charged with drunken driving, failure to control, and possession of drug paraphernalia. All but the failure to control charge was dropped in January 2010 when lab tests showed no signs of drugs or alcohol in her system..." (The Independent, April 1, 2011).

According to a February 11th story in the Independent, Officer Mitchell was suspended for five days without pay for sending out 88 text messages and 15 pictures to the woman he stopped for drunken driving.

Five days without pay.

According to several of our faithful readers, it wasn't really five days without pay.

Allegedly, Officer Mitchell was allowed to use five vacation days while he was "suspended," so he didn't actually lose any pay.

If this is indeed true, it sends an interesting message.

Send pictures of your genitalia to someone you arrested, and get a vacation.

If you can't do the time, don't do the crime.