Lincoln officer arrested for lewd acts with a child

Lincoln Police Officer, 52-year-old Timothy Jaekel, was arrested for lewd acts with a child by the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department on October 16. On June 23, the Sheriff's Office received a call four female family members disclosed having been sexually abused years earlier by their uncle, Officer Jaekel. According to a social media post from the Sheriff's Office, patrol deputies spoke to the primary victim by phone, who was an adult living in Arizona. Deputies learned that Jaekel was an active police officer with the Lincoln Police Department. The woman advised the Sheriff's Office that she had already contacted the Lincoln Police Department earlier in the day and told them of the abuse before contacting the Sheriff's Office. The agency immediately notified the Lincoln Police Department of the criminal complaint, the department confirmed. The Sheriff's Office reported its Child Abuse Bureau Detectives interviewed all four victims, and they disclosed a long-term pattern of being touched by Jaekel over and under the clothing between the ages of 8 and 16, in Sacramento County. "Jaekel also asked one of the young women for nude pictures of herself when she was a juvenile," said Sheriff's Office in a social media post. "In addition to being victims, each of the four witnessed Jaekel's inappropriate touching of other female family members." According to the social media post, detectives obtained a warrant for Jaekel's arrest, and he was taken into custody in Lincoln without incident. Jaekel was booked at the Sacramento Main Jail, where he remains ineligible for bail. The city of Lincoln said the police department has not been provided with any details of the investigation by the Sheriff's Department. "The Lincoln Police Department is fully cooperating with the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department and the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office as it relates to the ongoing criminal investigation," the city wrote in a press statement. The city of Lincoln wrote no further details will be released by the Lincoln Police Department at this time as this is an ongoing investigation.