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Maricopa cop fired, accused of showing women his genitalia

Reported by: Christina Boomer
Email: cboomer@abc15.com
Last Update: 8/15 10:50 pm
Officer Martice Berry
Officer Martice Berry
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MARICOPA, AZ -- The Maricopa Police Department has fired one of their officers for what it calls 'conduct unbecoming.'

On Friday a stack of complaint forms were released about Martice Berry.

The allegations are disturbing.

A 16-year-old, who said she worked out at the same gym as Berry, claimed that he told her, "you need to hurry up and turn 18, I want to take you home and rub baby oil over you and make sweet love to you".

She said on a separate occasion he picked her up, spun her around, kissed her, and then laid down on a medicine ball, pointed to his privates and said, "look what you did to me."

Several women at the same gym, Anytime Fitness, said Berry would show them pictures of his penis taken on his personal cell phone.

One married trainer said she saw 10 photos and scrolled through them saying, "wow" and "that was impressive."

She told police she said that because that's what she thought he wanted to hear.

She later admits to sleeping with him at his house adding that she was afraid, "I just went along ... he grabbed me".

Another woman told police that Berry showed her a picture of his penis while he was in uniform, and on-duty, at the scene of a suicide.

Jason Fried said that he didn't know all the facts but said that "if that's what he did, that is really wrong, and I'm glad he's no longer on the force."

Maricopa Police said they hired him in 2007 and that he had moved here from Michigan.

ABC15 tracked down court documents from Pontiac, Michigan that show the Pontiac Police Department fired him in 2005 following an internal affairs investigation.

The investigation was prompted, in part, by two women who claimed Berry was abusing his power by harassing them both on and off duty.

Berry then claimed the department fired him because of his race but an appeals court upheld the department's decision.



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