I wish all rapists were this easy to catch. A 21-year-old West Virginia man named Tyler Ray Price recently went to the South Charleston Police Department in hopes of getting a new, steady job. What he got instead is a second-degree sexual assault charge for the rape he accidentally confessed to committing during his interview. ABC WCHS reports:
Police said Price came to the South Charleston Police Department on Feb. 8 to participate in a pre-employment interview for a police officer’s job. During the interview, Price disclosed to Sgt. A.R. Gordon that he had sex with a woman after they had been out drinking, police said. Price later acknowledged in the interview that he had videoed the woman after the encounter was over and that he had it on his phone, the complaint said.
On Feb. 23, police interviewed the woman and asked her if she had consented to have sex with Price. She said she did not consent and had no knowledge of having sex with him or of a video that he had recorded, the complaint said. The woman said she had consumed a lot of alcohol on the night the incident reportedly occurred.
Police said the woman also said that on Feb. 8 she received a phone call from Price, telling her about the video and the incident.
I’m not gunna lie—I thoroughly enjoyed reading about a rapist facing some sort of consequences. An overwhelming majority of rapists never even get put in a pair of handcuffs for what they’ve done (and only an estimated 3% ever see a day in jail).
The sad part is that if Price didn’t give himself away and got hired, he probably would fit in well. A year-log investigative report by the Associated Press found that sexual misconduct is one of the most common complaints filed against police officers nationwide.