Anna Watson

Jan 28, 2025 | fultonsun.com | Anna Watson

Former state trooper Jeffery Durbin was found guilty Friday of sexually assaulting a fellow officer in a hotel room two years ago during a law enforcement conference in Columbia. Durbin was also convicted of kidnapping the woman after she accused him of holding her in the room against her will. Presiding Circuit Judge Joshua Devine read the verdict to a stone-faced Durbin, declaring him guilty of first-degree sexual assault and third-degree kidnapping.

Jan 24, 2025 | newspressnow.com | Anna Watson

Former state trooper Jeffery Durbin was found guilty Friday of sexually assaulting a fellow officer in a hotel room two years ago during a law enforcement conference in Columbia. Durbin was also convicted of kidnapping the woman after she accused him of holding her in the room against her will. Presiding Circuit Judge Joshua Devine read the verdict to a stone-faced Durbin, declaring him guilty of first-degree sexual assault and third-degree kidnapping.

Jan 24, 2025 | columbiamissourian.com | Anna Watson

Former state trooper Jeffery Durbin was found guilty Friday of sexually assaulting a fellow officer in a hotel room two years ago during a law enforcement conference in Columbia. Durbin was also convicted of kidnapping the woman after she accused him of holding her in the room against her will.

Jan 23, 2025 | newspressnow.com | Anna Watson

The woman in a sexual assault case against a former state trooper testified Thursday that their meeting in a Columbia hotel room was friendly until he began to make unwanted passes before pinning her against a wall, groping and kissing her. "He started kissing me again, and everything was happening fast, but it felt like it lasted forever, and I think I froze," she said on the witness stand during her nearly four-hour testimony in a Boone County courtroom.

Jan 23, 2025 | columbiamissourian.com | Hannah Schuh |Anna Watson

By Hannah Schuh/Missourian,Anna Watson The woman in a sexual assault case against a former state trooper testified Thursday that their meeting in a Columbia hotel room was friendly until he began to make unwanted passes before pinning her against a wall, groping and kissing her. "He started kissing me again, and everything was happening fast, but it felt like it lasted forever, and I think I froze," she said on the witness stand during her nearly four-hour testimony in a Boone County courtroom.