Criminal charges filed against former Rawlins cop

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By The Associated Press

Story Published: Nov 4, 2009 at 3:07 PM MST

Story Updated: Nov 4, 2009 at 3:07 PM MST

RAWLINS, WYOMING - Carbon County authorities are looking for a former Rawlins police captain who had been accused in a civil lawsuit of sexually assaulting a teenage girl in the mid-1990s.

Carbon County Sheriff Jerry Colson says Lee Meacham is a fugitive. The Carbon County Attorney's Office filed multiple felony and misdemeanor counts against Meacham, who also is a former Carbon County commissioner.

Deputy County Attorney Cal Rerucha declined to comment on the nature of the charges. In 2007, a former Rawlins resident sued Meacham and the city, saying he sexually assaulted her when she was a teenager, including once in a patrol car. Last year, a settlement was reached in which the woman was paid $250,000.

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