Former St. Louis Officer Pleads Guilty To Sexually Abusing 18 Men While They Were Detained In Handcuffs [VIDEO]

A now former police officer, 36 year old Marcellis Blackwell, with the North County Police Cooperative, pleaded guilty to charges of sexually abusing 18 men in his custody and 16 of the 18 were handcuffed.  What’s even crazier is that during the abuse he would turn his bodycam off but record the act on his cell phone.

Marcellis Blackwell faced 18 counts of deprivation of rights under color of law.  During a FBI investigation Marcellis Blackwell had transported 15 victims to remote locations, including the rear parking lot of the NCPC and a nearby high school.  The videos were found on Blackwell’s Google Drive that confirmed the allegations.

Marcellis Blackwell pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to 18 counts of deprivation of rights under color of law, namely the right to bodily integrity.  As part of his plea agreement, Blackwell admitted that between Nov. 8, 2022, and June 5, 2023, while working as an officer with the North County Police Cooperative, Blackwell sexually assaulted 18 men. The assaults typically followed traffic stops or arrests. In one case, Blackwell detained two men after a traffic accident, groping one in the back seat of his police vehicle before taking his other victim to a remote location. Sixteen of his victims were handcuffed at the time. Fifteen were taken to a remote location, including a high school and the back parking lot of Blackwell’s department, after he deactivated his body-worn camera. On 13 occasions Blackwell falsified reports by claiming that his body-worn camera had been active during his entire interaction with the arrestees.

Marcellis Blackwell who is facing a prison sentence of 30 years is scheduled to be sentenced in November.

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