Prosecutors Drop One Case Against Former Fayetteville Police Officer Stiles

Jamison Stiles
Jamison Stiles

FAYETTEVILLE -- Washington County prosecutors are dropping charges in one case against a former Fayetteville police officer accused of sexually assaulting an intoxicated woman.

Jamison Stiles, 31, was set to go to trial today in Washington County Circuit Court, but deputy prosecutor Brian Lamb said Circuit Judge Mark Lindsay ruled last week much of the state's evidence in the case couldn't be used.

In the case, Stiles was accused of entering an apartment and sexually assaulting a woman he took home from a downtown nightclub.

According to a preliminary report of the arrest, Stiles and another officer arrested an intoxicated woman after midnight Oct. 26 on North Block Avenue. Instead of taking her to the detention center, however, Stiles took the woman to her apartment about 12:30 a.m. at Cliffs Apartments off North Crossover Road. Police said the woman had no memory of returning to her apartment.

Using GPS records of Stiles' patrol car, detectives determined Stiles returned to Cliffs Apartments at 2 a.m. and again at 4 a.m. At the time, Stiles lived in the same complex and was employed as a courtesy officer with a master key. The woman said she awoke naked at 4:30 a.m. to see a uniformed officer standing over her. The two talked, then he pulled her covers down, grabbed her breast and left.

Lamb said he'll pursue two other cases against Stiles later this month. On Aug. 18, Stiles is set to face rape and unlawful use of a police database charges. On Aug. 25, Stiles is set to face charges of sexual assault and residential burglary related to an October 2012 incident that came to light during the investigation.

Stiles pleaded not guilty to all the charges in February before they were severed into separate cases.

In the rape case, a former Police Department employee told an officer Stiles had sexually assaulted her in the early morning hours of July 8, 2013, while he was in uniform and on duty. Detectives said Stiles used police records to find the woman's address and forced his hands under her underwear twice as she stood in her driveway.

Stiles was fired Dec. 16 from the Police Department after he failed to cooperate with detectives in their investigation, a requirement for an officer.

NW News on 08/07/2014

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