A Corrections Department officer capped off a string of alleged bad deeds, including sleeping with a teenage girl, by turning himself to police in Forest Hills, the NYPD said.
Giovanny Campos, 41, surrendered to the 112th Precinct last week and was later arraigned Jan. 8 on charges accusing him of having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old girl, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said. The nine-year veteran officer met the unidentified girl at a Christmas Eve party and allegedly proceeded to hold inappropriate trysts with her, Brown said.
A criminal complaint outlined the timeline from which Campos went from an acquaintance at a party to the alleged behind closed doors sexual encounter. The report said the two met at a Christmas Eve party at the teenager’s Ozone Park home where they danced and she gave Campos her number, to which the officer proceeded to send text messages asking to meet.
They then got together on Christmas day, sitting down at a restaurant before Campos allegedly inappropriately touched the girl’s thigh in his car, the complaint said. The two met again the next day after exchanging more texts planning on having the officer drive them both to see the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, the DA said. They later traveled to a car wash near LaGuardia Airport, where they kissed, records showed.
The next day, Dec. 27, Campos drove the girl to a sweet 16 party and later picked her up at 1 a.m. and drove her to his apartment, where he allegedly took the lead in inappropriate and explicit sexual behavior, the DA said.
Campos was charged with sexual abuse in the third degree and endangering the welfare of a child, according to a criminal complaint. He was also suspended by the Corrections Department after he turned himself into police, the NYPD said.
He faces up to one year in jail if convicted, the DA said, with his next court date set for Feb. 3.
It was not Campos’ first run-in with the law, either, police said. According to the NYPD, Campos had been arrested several times in the past – but those records were sealed at the time of press.
By Phil Corso
