Sept. 23, 2025

Cops Gone Wild: Hailey Bennett & Sargent Jacob Rogers

Cops Gone Wild: Hailey Bennett & Sargent Jacob Rogers
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Season 1

In this episode, Jim Chapman examines the wild relationship that was “Exposed” between South Carolina Highway Patrol Lance Corporal Hailey Bennett and her direct supervisor Sgt. Jacob Rodgers.


Timestamps
02:34 The Promotion and Allegations
06:56 Incriminating Text Messages
10:50 Investigating the Texts
18:35 New Developments in the Case
19:27 Interviewing Haley Bennett
27:56 Sergeant Rogers' Perspective
38:15 Consequences

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Hey everyone, and welcome back to Exposed Scandalous Files of

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the Elite. I'm your host, Jim Chapman, and today I'm

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gonna take you to South Carolina and I'm gonna tell

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you about two South Carolina Troopers, Lance Corporal Hailey Bennett

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and Sergeant Jacob Rogers, with whom it was discovered that

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they were allegedly going wild if you will on company time.

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So I'm gonna take you back about six months from

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today to March twelfth of twenty twenty five. And on

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that day, Lance corporal for the South Carolina Highway Patrol,

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a female by the name of Haley Bennett. She gets

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a promotion and she gets promoted to corporal and shortly

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after this all hell breaks loose at the South Carolina

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Highway Patrol. So this story has as many twists and

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turns as a country back road. So before I I

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get into the story, I'm gonna give you a cast

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of characters of who we're going to be talking about today,

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because there's several people. So we have two people that

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are directly involved, Lance Corporal Hailey Bennett who got promoted

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to corporal, and Sergeant Jacob Rogers, now also involved in

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this story are a Master Trooper by the name of t. R. Lutkin,

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t R. Lukin's girlfriend Caitlyn Howe, Master Trooper Casey Butt

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and his wife, and a lieutenant who investigated all this

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by the name of j. R. Reep. Now, as I said,

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Lance Corporal Bennett. She gets promoted in March of this

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year to corporal However, not everyone apparently was happy for her.

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Caitlyn Howe, the girlfriend of another trooper. Shortly after finding

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out about this promotion, she sends a series of texts,

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actually screenshots to the wife of Master trooper, but in

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those texts indicated a sexual relationship between Lance Corporal Bennett

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and her supervisor, who was Sergeant Jacob Rogers, and she

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also claimed that it was this sexual relationship that led

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to the promotion. So the South Carolina Highway Patrol they

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get when to this it's reported to them, they gather

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some info and they start an investigation. And the first

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thing they do is they check out the screenshots of

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the text not only between the parties I just mentioned,

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but some other parties as well. And here's how they read.

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And I have those in front of me. So Lieutenant

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Reap he reviewed the screenshots and this particular conversation, this

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first set of texts and I'm going to read you,

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is between Lance cor Corporal Hailey Bennett and Master Trooper

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to your luckin whose real name is Tyler, so we're

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gonna call him Tyler and he's a guy. So Hailey

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Bennett says, you know that person in the situation you

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told me not to trust and the whole policy violation

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that goes along with it. You have about five minutes

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to change mine in the wine's mind as to why

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it's a bad idea. Tyler responds back, if policy is broken,

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it wouldn't be because of you, lol. It's not to

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be trusted still because they have too many friends, that's

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for sure. Bennett responds, it does because it isn't my job,

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and I can get rid of him the same way

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I plan to get rid of Kennedy. Tyler responds, that

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makes things interesting. Haley responds to that, but at the

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same time, it has been mossed since I've had sex.

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And if I'm going to be accused of sleeping my

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way to the top and getting a truck, why not

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reap the actual benefits of it? Well, it is just

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a truck. I wouldn't go all out because of it.

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Hayley Bennett responds, Yeah, but Dickens's last day is May first,

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and I know for a fact I have his vote.

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Tom Gannon and they are all working on Brandon for

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his spot. I hate more than you knowed to do

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that to Bets, but they all say he has a

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bad attitude. I keep trying to tell them it's because

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of Olive's and Brandon. He says he will block me

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from going to Troop one, and I am working with

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Jennifer because he is in love with me and he

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wants to keep me with him. Tyler responds, that is

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some kind of conundrum, like seriously. Haley responds, you know

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I'm not that person, but damn I need sex months

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Tyler months. And Tom is a big fan of us together.

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If that makes a difference, Tyler responds, I know, trust me,

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I know I'd be debt if that was the case. Literally,

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I don't know what to tell you exactly. There's nothing

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I can tell you to be honest, because you're you're

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in person. I just don't know. Haley says, I'm alone,

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and so is he. He's asking me to come over

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my head says no, but the no sex and Moss

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says yes. Plus the whole everyone accusing me of it

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anyway doesn't help. Let's add to that the fact that Scott,

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who supposedly loves me and will do anything to make

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us work, said the only reason me and Renee are

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getting our cars is because it's good pr for the patrol,

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and that doesn't help. I'm a little bit jealous, but

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it is what it is. I'm sure that there are

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a lot of people that will be but I really

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believe that Williams is the one who pushed that out now,

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and the Captain may be trying to take the credit,

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but I'm sure it came from well above him. And

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I know I might be looking at it differently, but

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I'm seeing the recruitment aspect on this move. I mean,

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just think about the amount of females that are going

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to want to ask you questions now, and especially Renee

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in that mustang. And I'm probably completely wrong on that

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because it would make sense. That's what he sent me

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when I told him so He's on the way. Guess

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we will see what happens. Tyler responds to that freaking

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warm peace text. Oh no, I just got all that.

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I was trying to get dinner ready and catch shit up.

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Haley responds, who will be here in a few minutes?

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What the fuck do I do? I really honestly know better,

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but damn I need some and if he's gonna keep

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me here, I should take advantage, right I'm screwed career

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wise if I don't. Tyler responds, I would say a board,

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a board, but I don't know. Hailey responds, I'm thinking

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the same either way. I'm fucked, and I prefer professionally

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over personally fucking morals. So that was one set of

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texts they reviewed, and obviously very incriminating already because she's

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discussing having sex right. Then the second set of screenshots

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were reviewed, and these screenshots were sent between Tyler's girlfriend,

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Caitlin Howell and Haley Bennett. And these were between July

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seventeenth of twenty twenty four in March twelfth of twenty

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twenty five. And we'll start with the July seventeenth text

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thread Tyler's girlfriend, what are you wearing tonight? Haley? Tan dress?

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I guess, Hailey again, girl, question? Could you see the

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bruises right above the top of my dress? Tyler's girlfriend.

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What where were they from, Hailey. I'd tell you, but

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I'd have to kill you, So I'll eventually tell Tyler

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and let him tell you. Tyler's girlfriend. Oh lord, Lol,

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my lips are sealed and I have zero friend Haley,

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me either, girl. I'll tell you, but currently have company.

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July eighteenth, the next day, Tyler's girlfriend. Oh, how did

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that go? Haley. Let's just say it went to the

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point that we never let it go before Tyler's girlfriend.

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Shit happens, Haley. Yep, and sometimes it happens five times

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when it does. Wow Tyler's girlfriend, ha ha ha, I'm

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so fucking dead. Tyler's girlfriend again? Is you know who?

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And his wife splitting up to tell me to mind

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my business if you want, I'm just being nosy, Haley. No,

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only together because of the kids. It's as bad as

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Tom's situation was. Tyler's girlfriend. Fuck that shit. It does

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more harm than good. No judgment here. Tyler was married.

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I laugh and tell him all the time. If I

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could go back, I'd do that shit again. You can't

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wreck a solid foundation, only smokes Hailey Bennett. I don't

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blame you one bit, and Yep, it only took us

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Moss to actually do it, definitely, not because we didn't

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want to, but because we would both lose our jobs

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because of it. In that sentence right there, it creates

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kind of a problem, right, She's admitting she knows it

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was wrong. Tyler's girlfriend. Why what you do in your

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personal life is your personal business, Hailey Bennett. Because he's

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my supervisor on duty or off duty, it doesn't matter.

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The next day, Tyler's girlfriend, Oh, I didn't know that.

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I mean, I guess it makes sense because if it

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wasn't that way and you were picked for a higher spot,

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it would look like favoritism. If rules like that are

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in place, it keeps everything fair. Haley. Hey, at least

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I waited until I didn't get promoted to actually do it,

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and sadly, I'm smart enough to know that I can't

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do it again, unfortunately, Tyler's Girlfriend. Unfortunately, it's already done.

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It won't matter if it happens again or not. If

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work got out, it would be the first thing people

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would say. Also, unfortunate that if we're got out, there

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are people that are spiteful enough to go after your

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jobs because they weren't the ones picked Hayley Bennett. Yep,

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I knew that coming into this job, that it's the

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first thing anyone would say if I ever got anything,

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just how it is. I just know it's not worth

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my career. And as amazing as it was, I can't

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let it happen again. But damn, girl, it had been

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December for me since the last time I had sex

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Tyler's girlfriend. Looks like it worked. Congrats And this was

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on March twelfth, incidentally, of twenty twenty five. Hayley Bennett, thanksgirl.

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So these investigators and get those text and it's clear

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some shit has went down, right, So they review all

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that and they start an interviewing those involved, and on

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March eighteenth of twenty twenty five, they start with Master

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Trooper KC. Betts, and that interview read like this. On

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March eighteenth, twenty twenty five, Lieutenant Reap obtained a sworn

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statement for Master Trooper Bets. The following is a symnosis

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of his statement, which contains paraphrasing. Master Trooper Bets were called. Then,

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on March twelfth of twenty twenty five, after the SCCHP

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South Carolina Highway Patrol announced that Lance Corporal Bennett was

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being promoted to the rank of corporal. Master Trooper Lukin's girlfriend,

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Caitlin Howells, and his wife, Miss Bett screenshots of text

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message correspondents between Miss Howl and Lance Corporal Bennett. I mean,

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that's kind of messed up. According to Master Trooper Betts,

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The text message correspondent indicated that after not being promoted

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in an earlier round of promotions, Lance Corps Bennett started

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having sex with him and referring to Sergeant Rogers to

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increase their chances of getting promoted. Master Trooper Betts stated

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that after he reviewed the text messages between Miss Hall

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and Lance Corporal Bennett, he called Master Trooper Luckin, who

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confirmed that Lance Corporal Bennett and Sergeant Rogers were involved

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in a sexual relationship. Master Trooper Betts stated that Master

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Trooper Luckin sent him additional screenshots of text message correspondence

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between Master Trooper Luckin and Lance Corporal Bennett. Master Trooper

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Bets acknowledged that text messages never mentioned Sergeant Rogers by name,

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but that several of the messages referred to the individual

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as Lance Corporal Bennett. Supervisor. Master Trooper Bets were called

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that he was in the same shift as Lance Corporal

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Bennett and their immediate supervisor was on extended sick leave, which,

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according to Master Trooper Bets, was evident that the individual

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mentioned in Lance Corporal Bennett's messages with Sergeant Rogers. Trooper

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Betts surmised that the text message quote it does because

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it isn't my job, and I can get rid of

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him the same way I plan to get rid of

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Kennedy and apparently that was referring to former Trooper D. S. Kennedy,

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sent from Lance Corporal Bennett to Master Trooper Luckin, meant

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that Lance Corporal Bennett was attempting to get Trooper Kennedy

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fired to keep him from being promoted before her. Master

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Trooper betts further surmise of the message also meant that

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Lance Corporal Bennett would attempt to force Sergeant Rogers to

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resign or get him fired if their sexual relationship ever

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went south. Master Trooper Betts explained that prior to receiving

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the text messages on March twelfth of twenty twenty five,

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he had never had any indication that Lance Corporal Bennett

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and Sergeant Rogers were engaged in an extramarital affair. Master

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Trooper Betts explained that the relationship between Lance Corporal Bennett

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and Sergeant Rogers was inappropriate, so he reported the relationship

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to his direct supervisor. So with that, investigators wanted to

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talk to Master Trooper Tyler Lutchkin. I'm just going to

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refer to him as Tyler in this scenario, and they

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get a statement from him. Tyler explained that he was

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aware that Lance Corporal Bennett and Sergeant Rogers had been

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involved in a sexual relationship, but as far as details,

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he said he didn't have a lot of details. Tyler

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claimed he that his only direct information regarding the relationship

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was from text messages between him and Bennett, which had

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been provided to the investigators. Master Trooper Luckin stated I

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didn't ask any questions and he and Bennett did not

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discuss her relationship with Sergeant Rogers in person. Tyler stated

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that he was close with both Sergeant Rogers and Bennett,

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so again, it was something I didn't want to involve

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myself in, he said. Tyler was given the opportunity to

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review screenshots of text messages provided to the investigators, and

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he could confirmed the messages been sent between his girlfriend

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Caitlyn Howe and Bennett and between him and Bennett. Tyler

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recalled that the text message correspondent between him and Bennett

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occurred on April nineteenth and twentieth of twenty twenty four.

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Tyler stated he tried to advise Bennett against engaging in

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a relationship with Sergeant Rogers because he knew the relationship

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would be inappropriate in a violation of policy. Tyler explained

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the reason he and Miss Hale captured screenshots of their

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conversations with Bennett was for quote covering my own self,

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just having any kind of documentation, like I said, from

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previous experiences not being involved in something. Tyler stated that

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on March twelfth of twenty twenty five, after it was

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announced that Bennett had been selected for promotion to corporal,

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Miss Hale texted Bennett and said looked like it worked. Congrats,

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and Bennett responded, thanksgirl. Tyler stated that that's when Caitlin

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kind of put it all together. Bennett had benefited from

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the relationship with Sergeant Rogers and was awarded the promotion.

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Tyler stated that Miss Howell's frustration with it was the

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tipping point, so she informed Master Trooper Bett's wife about

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the inappropriate relationship between Bennett and Rogers. Tyler stated he

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had not applied for the promotion, so there was no

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personal frustration from him or Miss Howell regarding Bennett being promoted. However,

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Tyler said he was aware that Bennett quote gets more

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opportunity than other troopers at the post. Tyler claimed that

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Lance Corporal Bennett had admitted to being afforded more opportunities,

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but she claimed it was only because she was female.

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Tyler indicated that he believed the opportunities that had been

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afforded to Bennett were a result of her sexual relationship

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with Sergeant Rogers. As an example, Master Trooper luck And

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explained that despite more seasoned troopers requesting specific training, they

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were denied the training while Bennett was approved. Tyler indicated that,

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to his knowledge, Rogers could influence which troopers received certain

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types of training, and he used that influence to benefit

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Corporal Bennett. Tyler was asked about the text message quote

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it does because it isn't my job, and I can

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get rid of him the same way I plan to

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get rid of Kennedy that he received from Bennett, and

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Tyler stated that he did not know what personal issues

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that Bennett had against Trooper Kennedy, but quote as far

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as Kennedy is concerned, and another former trooper named Couughlin,

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I do not recall she would in a manner target

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what they were doing. She would tell me she would

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document what they were doing. Tyler claimed he did not

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know what policy and procedure violations Bennett was trying to

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document regarding Trooper Kennedy or Trooper Cauthine and what they

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were committing. As far as a violation, however, Tyler stated

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that as far as Trooper Kennedy, I wouldn't put it

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past her. Her motivation was to prevent Trooper Kennedy from

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being promoted before her. Now it also has in parentheses

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Trooper Calthorm resigned from the South Carolina Highway Patrol on

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January twenty third of twenty twenty two, and on July

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twenty seventh of twenty twenty four, Trooper Kennedy resigned, and

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it's saying they resigned for personal reasons unrelated to this investigation.

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Tyler also noted that in the portion of the message

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that stated quote I can get rid of him the

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same way I plan to get rid of Kennedy. He

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said he believed Bennett was referring to Sergeant Rogers as m.

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In that text, Jim, did you see what happened in

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Texas today?

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Wait before you tell me that, let me tell you

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what happened in New York.

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It cannot be as crazy as the case I told

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you about yesterday in Louisiana.

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investigators they got enough that they're thinking, Okay, we need

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to talk to Hailey Bennett and get her side of things.

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And so on March twentieth of twenty twenty five, that's

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what they do. And I'll just refer to her as

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Hailey as much as possible to shorten this, but it

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says Hailey recalled. She became employed by the South Carolina

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Highway Patrol in twenty eighteen, and she was assigned to

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Troop five post A. Hailey indicated that when she started

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her employment that Sergeant Rogers was a corporal assigned to

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the opposite rotations, so they rarely communicated. Hailey explained that

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after Sergeant Rogers was promoted to the sergeant, he had

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provided direct supervision for the shift that she was assigned

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to due to her corporal being out of working on

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extended sickly. Hailey recalled that around December of twenty twenty

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three or January of twenty twenty four, she and Sergeant

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Rogers began to communicate more often and gradually got to

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know each other. Haley explained that she and Sergeant Rogers

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started communicating on a personal level through text message and

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occasionally in person in the patrol office. Haley stated, last

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year was the worst year of my life as an adult.

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In Sergeant Rogers also had a lot of things going

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on in his life, so we became better friends than

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we should have. However, Haley claimed that neither she nor

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Sergeant Rogers were pursuing a sexual relationship, but a sexual

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relationship ultimately developed. Haley claimed that she could not recall

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who initiated the sex between her and Sergeant Rogers, but

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obviously there had to be a point because something did happen.

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Hailey explained that on an unknown date near the end

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of April of twenty twenty four, Sergeant Rogers went to

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Haley's residence and they engaged in sex. Haley stated that

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Sergeant Rogers arrived at her home at approximately twenty one

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thirty hours and his purpose for being there was explicitly

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for sex. Haley recalled that she and Sergeant Rogers engaged

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in various acts of sex, both sexual intercourse and oral sex,

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approximately fifteen to twenty times between April of twenty twenty

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four in March sixth of twenty twenty five. And you

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know how that goes. You can probably double that to

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forty times. People always cut that number in half. Haley

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initially claimed that all of her sexual encounters occurred at

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her residence while she and Sergeant Rogers were both off duty. However,

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Haley later corrected her statement. Hailey recalled a couple of

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months ago from this investigation. She could not recall the date,

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but possibly January of twenty twenty five. Sometime around lunchtime,

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Sergeant Rogers was on ditty when he drove his patrol

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vehicle to her house. Hailey stated that she and Sergeant

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Rogers engaged in sexual intercourse before Sergeant Rogers returned to Dittey.

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Haley stated it wasn't a romantic, drawn out thing, so

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Sergeant Rogers was only at her house for approximately fifteen minutes.

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Haley also recalled on December eleventh of twenty twenty four,

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post A held their Christmas dinner. Haley explained that she

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and Sergeant Rogers were the last two troopers remaining at

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the lodge where they had this dinner, and they had

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sex in one of the bedrooms before leaving. Haley admitted

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that in addition to her house and the lodge, she

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and Sergeant Rogers also engaged in various forms of sex

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in THEE and It's redacted out. Hailey was asked to

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explain what type of sex had occurred between her and

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Sergeant Rogers at thee and again redacted out, and she

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responded all the above, though through additional questioning, Haley admitted

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that all the involved included kissing, hugging, sexual findling, or

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sex in sexual intercourse. Haley could not recall how many

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times she and Sergeant Rogers had kissed hugged or sexually

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fondled each other while in THEE and it's redacted out,

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but I would guess office. But she recalled having sex

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approximately four to six times while inside of THEE and

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I'm gonna guess office. Haley corrected her initial claim that

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the first occurrence of sexual intercourse occurred at her house

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and admitted the first occurrence of sex between her and

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Sergeant Rogers was in the it's redacted out, let's just

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say office. Haley also admitted that the latest occurrence of

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sex between her Insergeant Rogers occurred as Sergeant Rogers redacted

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out On March sixth of twenty twenty five. Hailey stated

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that on at least two occasions she performed oral sex

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on Sergeant Rogers in his office maybe, but she could

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not recall those dates. Haley admitted that out of these

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sexual encounters she could occurring at the redacted out I

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don't know why these are redacted. She had been on

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duty and specifically recalled that during March six of twenty

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twenty five, she was on a holiday leave but stopped

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by the Patrol office prior to going out of town.

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Haley recalled that Sergeant Rogers was on duty and they

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were alone in the I'm going to guess office, and

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Haley stated that she was walking out the door to leave,

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Sergeant Rogers pulled him in close to him from behind.

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Haley admitted that she and Sergeant Rogers kissed before going

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into his office and having sexual intercourse. Haley explained that

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in an effort to en sure they had enough time

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to have sex and oral sex in the office, she

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and Sergent Rogers would monitor the radio and check the

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smart cop mobile CAD map to identify where the troopers

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were located. Haley said that monitoring the radio and the

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cab would not have prevented anyone with access to the

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office from walking in on them, but she and Sergeant

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Rogers were not really thinking about that. Haley recalled that

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she and Sergeant Rogers had engaged in sex approximately fifteen

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to twenty times in other forms of sex such as

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touching each other in a sexual manner or oral sex

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up to forty times between April of twenty twenty four

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in March of twenty twenty five, So you can knock

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that up to eighty right. Haley was provided with screenshots

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of text message correspondence between her and Tyler and her

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and Caitlyn Howe. Haley confirmed the screenshots where messages she

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had sent to and received from Miss Howell and Tyler. Furthermore,

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Haley acknowledged that the context of her conversations indicated she

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intended to leverage her relationship with Sergeant Rogers to obtain

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a promotion to corporal. Specifically, on March twelfth of twenty

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twenty five, after it was announced that Haley would be

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promoted to corporal, Miss hal texted Haley saying looked like

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it worked. Congrats, and Haley responded, thanksgirl. Haley acknowledged the

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message looked like it worked was referencing her relationship with

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Sergeant Rogers, and that she responded thanksgirl. Hailey claimed that

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during her conversations with Sergeant Rogers, she advised him not

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to recommend her for promotion, regardless of anything that happened

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between them. I'm not the one, she said. Supposedly, they

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call and ask for two names. If you don't believe

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that I'm one of the two, best to send up,

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don't send up my name. Haley stated that while I

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was completely stupid for what I did in this situation

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all around, professionally, personally, morally ethically. I've worked and learned

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every job over there in that post that I could

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possibly learn. Haley said, long before she gained she became

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sexually involved with Sergeant Rogers, she started working towards a

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promotion someday. Hailey stated she earned the promotion to corporal

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due to her abilities and work ethic, not because she

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was involved in a sexual relationship with Sergeant Rogers. Haley

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acknowledged her relationship with Sergeant Rogers presented the indication that

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Rogers have recommended her for promotion because of the relationship. However,

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Haley reiterated that she did not become sexually involved with

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Sergeant Rogers to advance her career. Haley stated that if

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she had attempted to advance her career by having a

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relationship with a supervisor quote, it would not have been

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with someone at the bottom of the chain of command.

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I would have aimed much higher, Haley said, that's wild.

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Haley stated that she and Sergeant Rogers had very similar

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personalities and allowed their friendship to lead to sex. Haley

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maintained that a relationship with Sergeant Rogers had no bearing

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on her being selected for promotion. When asked about the

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messages she sent to Tyler, specifically the wording quote it

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does because it isn't my job, and I can get

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rid of him the same way I plan to get

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rid of Kennedy. Hailey claimed she could not recall who

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she was referring to in that message. Haley stated that

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as far as her plan to get rid of Kennedy,

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she had intended to report him for alleged inappropriate conduct,

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but a report was never filed, according to Haley, and

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all of the rest of that sentences blacked out, and

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then it says, but she never reported this allegation because

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if I reported, it would come back to be my

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fault somehow. Conversely, Haley admitted that Trooper Kennedy had never

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made inappropriate comments are acting inappropriately towards her ant's Corporal

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Bennett stated she had only heard from other troopers that

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Trooper Kennedy had alleged, and it's redacted out. Haley claimed

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that her message to Master Trooper Tyler meant that if

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Trooper Kennedy had done or said anything inappropriate, she would

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report him and get him fired. Haley denied the allegation

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she intended to file a complaint against Trooper Kennedy to

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prevent him from being promoted before her. As for former

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Trooper Coughlin, Haley claimed that the assertion that she had

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also intended to report allegations against him were false. Haley said,

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me and Colthoram were friends and she never tried to

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report him for any violation or procedure. So that is

463
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some pretty wild shit right there from Hailey Bennett. And

464
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now at this point the investigation, who do you think

465
00:29:53.119 --> 00:29:55.079
they want to talk to you? They want to talk

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to Sergeant Rogers. This is on March twenty fourth of

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00:29:58.799 --> 00:30:02.240
twenty twenty five. He recalled that he began his career

468
00:30:02.559 --> 00:30:05.920
in two thousand and six, he progressed through the chain

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of command to the rank of sergeant, and he obtained

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that rank in May of twenty twenty three. He recalled

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while at the post a Christmas party in December of

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00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:19.920
twenty twenty three, he and his subordinate lance, Corporal Bennett,

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started communicating in a flirtatious manner. Rogers stated that in

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the days and weeks following the Christmas party, he and

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Haley's interactions progressed to quote something it shouldn't As an

476
00:30:34.119 --> 00:30:38.279
explanation for how he developed the inappropriate relationship with Haley.

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Sergeant Rogers stated that he had been having trouble in

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his marriage, and he said, quote, it's like you're eating

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00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:48.839
blooney all your life, and all of a sudden, somebody

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comes along and offers you a tomahawk stake. And I'm

481
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sorry to laugh about that, but I can only imagine

482
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what is I'm assuming ex wife now after reading that,

483
00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:03.799
I can only imagine her feelings when she read that.

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00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:06.720
He went on to say, it just started out innocent,

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and it just escalated. Rogers explained his interactions with Haley

486
00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:15.680
were merely flirting over the phone and in person until

487
00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:19.079
sometime in February of March of twenty twenty four, when

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00:31:19.119 --> 00:31:23.160
the relationship became sexual. Rogers stated that when he and

489
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Haley's relationship became sexual, they would meet at her residence.

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He said, it's been everywhere. I mean anywhere, from her

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00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:34.960
residence to on duty. I'm not gonna lie about anything.

492
00:31:35.559 --> 00:31:39.480
Rogers recalled the day that he and Haley first engaged

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in sex. Sergeant Rodgers could not recall the date, but

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00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:45.279
he remembered that he and Lance Corporal Bennett had been

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working an overtime assitement providing traffic control for the high

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school basketball Championships. Haley and Sergeant Rogers both worked the event,

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and according to Sergeant Rogers, he and Haley had been

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texting throughout the assignment, and one of the messages he

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sent to Haley he asked to see Haley's breast. Sergeant

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Rogers indicated that since both he and Haley were married

501
00:32:10.759 --> 00:32:13.920
and living with their spouses, they agreed to meet and

502
00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:17.160
it's redacted, but we're going to say office to fulfill

503
00:32:17.359 --> 00:32:21.960
Sergeant Rogers's request to see Haley's breast. Sergeant Rodgers could

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00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:24.599
not recall the time, but he explained that he and

505
00:32:24.799 --> 00:32:28.279
Haley met at the office and ultimately engaged in sexual

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00:32:28.400 --> 00:32:33.039
intercourse in Sergeant Rogers' office. Sergeant Rogers stated that this

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00:32:33.400 --> 00:32:36.359
was the first time he and Haley had sex, and

508
00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:39.599
the last time that they had sex was also at

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the post A office. This on March sixth of twenty

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00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:46.640
twenty five. Rogers recalled that during this incident, he was

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on duty when Haley, who was off duty, stopped by

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the office before she was going out of town. Rogers

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00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:56.799
admitted that before Haley left, they went into his office

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00:32:56.839 --> 00:33:00.240
and had sex. Rogers admitted that he and Haley had

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00:33:00.319 --> 00:33:04.720
engaged in sexual activity either sexual intercourse or oral sex

516
00:33:04.799 --> 00:33:08.119
in his office more than once but less than ten times,

517
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and either one or both of them were always on duty.

518
00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:16.720
Rogers ultimately settled on a number between four and six times.

519
00:33:16.799 --> 00:33:20.079
That means it was twelve right that he and Haley

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00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:23.960
had engaged in sexual intercourse or oral sex inside of

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00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:27.720
the office. Sergeant Rogers stated that on some occasions he

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00:33:27.839 --> 00:33:30.960
met Haley at the office while he was off, but

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00:33:31.119 --> 00:33:34.319
she was on duty, and on other occasions she met

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00:33:34.400 --> 00:33:37.400
him at the office while he was working. Sergeant Rogers

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00:33:37.480 --> 00:33:41.119
explained that on those instances in which he and Haley

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00:33:41.240 --> 00:33:43.720
met at the office, it was for the explicit purpose

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00:33:43.799 --> 00:33:47.480
of engaging in sex, and Sergeant Rogers claimed that on

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00:33:47.640 --> 00:33:50.359
other occasions he and Bennett would already be at the

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00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:55.000
office for work related purposes before engaging in sex. And

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he also, y'all, and I'll just cut this down for

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00:34:00.279 --> 00:34:02.559
you so I don't have to read this giant paragraph.

532
00:34:02.720 --> 00:34:07.039
But he also confirmed what she had said about them

533
00:34:07.119 --> 00:34:11.159
having sex and looking at that mobile cad map to

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00:34:11.280 --> 00:34:14.239
make sure where the other troopers were and that they

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00:34:14.239 --> 00:34:16.599
wouldn't walk in on them, and it goes on to say.

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When asked about that, Sergeant Rogers stated that during his

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00:34:20.679 --> 00:34:25.079
and Lance Corporal Bennett's sexual exploits at the time and

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00:34:25.239 --> 00:34:29.800
at the office, they were quote thinking with the wrong heads.

539
00:34:31.760 --> 00:34:34.760
How's that very honesty for you? As for meaning Haley

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00:34:34.920 --> 00:34:38.239
at her house, Sergeant Rogers repeatedly said that he was

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00:34:38.320 --> 00:34:40.960
having trouble at home and his wife, who was a

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00:34:41.000 --> 00:34:45.199
school teacher, routinely took children out of town through the summer,

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00:34:45.599 --> 00:34:49.239
which allowed him to travel to Haley's house when he

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00:34:49.360 --> 00:34:53.000
was off duty without raising suspicion from his wife. Sergeant

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Rogers stated that he visited Haley at least every other

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weekend at her house throughout June and July twenty twenty four.

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He also admitted that on other occasions, to curb suspicion

548
00:35:05.280 --> 00:35:08.000
from his wife, he would report to work and then

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00:35:08.159 --> 00:35:11.159
meet Haley at her house while he was on duty.

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00:35:11.679 --> 00:35:14.400
Rogers claimed he could not recall the number of times

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00:35:14.480 --> 00:35:18.400
while that he traveled to Lance Corporal Bennett's home while

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00:35:18.559 --> 00:35:21.599
on duty to engage in sex, but it was more

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00:35:21.719 --> 00:35:24.559
than once in less than ten times. How's that for

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00:35:24.679 --> 00:35:28.880
a arrange? Rogers admitted that at some occasions, while at

555
00:35:29.039 --> 00:35:32.679
Haley's house and on duty he will remove his uniform

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00:35:33.039 --> 00:35:36.599
to engage in sexual intercourse with Haley, and on other

557
00:35:36.679 --> 00:35:40.599
occasions he would and it's redacted out, but it seems

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00:35:40.639 --> 00:35:45.039
to lead to turning off his CB if you will,

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00:35:45.239 --> 00:35:50.039
his communication device, and he said he was not available

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00:35:50.159 --> 00:35:53.920
to respond to calls or assist his supportinate troopers during

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00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:57.119
these on duty sexual escapades. And this is the main

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00:35:57.760 --> 00:35:59.920
problem that I have with this whole thing, and get

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00:36:00.159 --> 00:36:03.639
into that in a little while. Sergeant Rogers claimed the

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00:36:03.760 --> 00:36:07.079
only other location he and Lance Corporal Bennett had engaged

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00:36:07.079 --> 00:36:09.920
in sex was at the and it's redacted out in

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Marlborough County. Sergeant Rogers explained that this was an event

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facility where post A had held their Christmas party for

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00:36:18.880 --> 00:36:22.360
several years, and he recalled after the Christmas party had

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00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:27.159
concluded that Hayley had stayed later than the other troopers

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to help clean up the facilities. He explained that before

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00:36:30.679 --> 00:36:34.760
they left, he and Bennett had sexual intercourse in one

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00:36:34.840 --> 00:36:37.679
of the bedrooms, and so it must be that lodge

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00:36:38.199 --> 00:36:41.800
that I referred to earlier. Sergeant Rogers estimated that he

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00:36:42.199 --> 00:36:46.079
and Lance Corporal Bennett engaged in sexual intercourse or oral

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00:36:46.239 --> 00:36:51.000
sex approximately twenty to forty times throughout their sexual relationship,

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00:36:51.440 --> 00:36:54.920
which according to Sergeant Rogers, spanned from February of twenty

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twenty four through March sixth of twenty twenty five. Sergeant

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00:36:58.760 --> 00:37:01.920
Rogers stated that he was not seeking a sexual relationship

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00:37:02.119 --> 00:37:04.480
with Haley. He said, it's just one of those things

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00:37:04.599 --> 00:37:08.719
that we allowed to happen. Like the analogy I used earlier,

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00:37:08.920 --> 00:37:10.960
I was eating blonging and it was just one of

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00:37:11.039 --> 00:37:14.559
these things that spiraled out of controlab he's something with words.

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00:37:14.760 --> 00:37:18.360
Sergeant Rogers admitted his relationship with the Lance Corporal Bennett

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00:37:18.440 --> 00:37:22.400
was inappropriate. However, he was adamant that the relationship had

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00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:27.159
no bearing on his decision to promote her. Sergeant Rogers stated,

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if you look at her work, ethic, work activity by far,

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I thought she was the number one choice, whether we

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00:37:33.440 --> 00:37:36.760
had a relationship or not. Sergeant Rogers claimed that many

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00:37:36.800 --> 00:37:39.719
of the candidates for the corporal promotion did not give

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00:37:39.840 --> 00:37:43.760
us something to back as a selection for promotion, but

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00:37:43.960 --> 00:37:47.119
Lance Corporal Bennett stood out and she was recommended for

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00:37:47.320 --> 00:37:51.119
the promotion. Not for me because of our relationship, it

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00:37:51.280 --> 00:37:54.039
was because of her work ethic and the way she

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00:37:54.199 --> 00:37:57.880
carried herself knowledge of the job, stuff like that. That's

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why I recommended her it was to do sexually. Sergeant

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00:38:02.480 --> 00:38:05.679
Rogers claimed that he had not used his position to

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00:38:05.880 --> 00:38:10.159
benefit Lance Corporal Bennett. According to Sergeant Rogers, Lance Corporal

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00:38:10.159 --> 00:38:13.440
Bennett had earned the opportunities she had been afforded through

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00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:19.760
her dedication and work ethic. So all of that gets concluded,

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00:38:20.639 --> 00:38:25.960
and in these investigative jackets, if you will, and I'm

601
00:38:26.039 --> 00:38:29.920
reading one now, they have a conclusion. So what do

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00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:32.880
you think happened? And what do you think the South

603
00:38:33.000 --> 00:38:37.360
Carolina Department of Public Safety conclusion was. I'm not going

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00:38:37.440 --> 00:38:42.840
to go over that whole conclusion with you because it's

605
00:38:42.960 --> 00:38:48.880
pretty much a summation of everything that I've just read you. However,

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00:38:49.599 --> 00:38:53.159
I will read you what happened to these two individuals,

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00:38:53.559 --> 00:38:57.039
and we'll start with Hailey Bennett. Remember she was promoted

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00:38:57.119 --> 00:39:01.519
to corporal. It says, dear Lance Corporal Bennett, this letter

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00:39:01.840 --> 00:39:05.519
is to officially inform you your previously announced promotion to

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00:39:05.679 --> 00:39:11.000
corporal is hereby rescinded. Additionally, your temporary assignment the Troop

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00:39:11.119 --> 00:39:15.119
one Post B is hereby made permanent. And it goes

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00:39:15.320 --> 00:39:19.960
through the violations which they're saying basically that it was

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00:39:20.239 --> 00:39:23.800
code of conduct that they had violated, and they went

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00:39:23.960 --> 00:39:27.599
through all of the things that they had done and

615
00:39:27.719 --> 00:39:33.800
admitted to in this whole deal. So she loses her promotion,

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00:39:34.159 --> 00:39:38.360
she remains a lance corporal. Now, in the case of

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00:39:38.440 --> 00:39:42.239
Sergeant Rogers, he actually got the book thrown at him

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00:39:42.280 --> 00:39:47.679
a little bit harder. He got demoted from his post

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00:39:47.840 --> 00:39:50.679
as sergeant and he got demoted all the way down

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00:39:50.800 --> 00:39:54.320
to a mastered trooper. Which this is kind of a

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00:39:54.400 --> 00:39:58.280
big deal from a monetary standpoint. So a master trooper

622
00:39:59.159 --> 00:40:02.599
makes about so seventy five thousand dollars a year with

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00:40:02.800 --> 00:40:08.400
the South Carolina Department of Public Safety, he was making

624
00:40:09.000 --> 00:40:11.920
eighty almost eighty six thousand dollars a year, So he

625
00:40:12.039 --> 00:40:16.599
got like an eleven thousand dollars a year cut in

626
00:40:16.840 --> 00:40:20.559
money in addition to being demoted. So what do I

627
00:40:20.679 --> 00:40:24.920
think about all this? Whatever these people do outside of work,

628
00:40:25.599 --> 00:40:29.320
whatever your business, if you can live with it, I

629
00:40:29.440 --> 00:40:32.599
can live with it. I guess my issue with this

630
00:40:32.760 --> 00:40:36.199
whole fucking thing is while these people are out there

631
00:40:36.559 --> 00:40:43.679
fucking and sucking everywhere from their office to their houses,

632
00:40:43.960 --> 00:40:49.000
to lodges to you name it, they're turning their radios off.

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00:40:50.039 --> 00:40:51.880
And the problem I have with all this, and why

634
00:40:51.880 --> 00:40:55.000
I'm kind of aggravating neither one of these people got fired,

635
00:40:55.199 --> 00:40:57.440
or both of them should have gotten fired, is they

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00:40:57.599 --> 00:40:59.920
both admitted they were on duty when this shit was

637
00:41:00.119 --> 00:41:02.920
going on. This wasn't when you were off of work. Now,

638
00:41:02.960 --> 00:41:07.320
what if that was your child, or yourself or your

639
00:41:07.519 --> 00:41:11.800
spouse that was involved in a ribbery or something and

640
00:41:13.280 --> 00:41:16.400
this guy needed to be reached for whatever reason or

641
00:41:16.519 --> 00:41:20.519
this lady and they were unreachable because they were having

642
00:41:20.639 --> 00:41:24.960
sex and turning their damn radios off. It's absolutely insane

643
00:41:25.039 --> 00:41:28.400
to me, but I think you'd be surprised how much

644
00:41:28.400 --> 00:41:30.599
of this happens. Not only you know, there's good and

645
00:41:30.679 --> 00:41:33.159
bad in every profession. I know a lot of awesome

646
00:41:33.320 --> 00:41:36.960
Louisiana State policemen, okay, but I know a couple that

647
00:41:37.360 --> 00:41:41.159
are not so awesome as well, and these would definitely

648
00:41:41.280 --> 00:41:43.760
fall into the tracks of that. So just wanted to

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bring you something a little different. Some cops going wild

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00:41:46.599 --> 00:41:50.840
today on exposed scandalous files of the elite. Thank you

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00:41:51.000 --> 00:41:54.960
so much for listening, and until next time, I'm Jim Chapman.

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Much love,