Sex scandal rocks Fairburn Police department

Mon, 11/19/2007 - 10:03am
By: Ben Nelms

Many things in life happen below the radar, but not all stay there. A Nov. 13 divorce hearing settled out of court in Fayette County, combined with documentation compiled in an investigation by Fairburn City Clerk Nancy Faulkner revealed past sexual liaisons between former Officer Sanita Hampton and several current or former Fairburn officers.

In all, three Fairburn officers during a December 2006 sexual harassment investigation admitted to having sexual relations with Hampton, including former Capt. Jeremy Rogers, then-Officer Chris Clark and former Sgt. Quenton Garrett, according to city records. Additionally, more than a half-dozen other officers surfaced during the investigation, though those individuals were not interviewed since they held no supervisory capacity and were not related to complaints of supervisory harassment. In all cases, it was Hampton whose name was mentioned.

The matter came to light when Hampton initially approached a city employee on Nov. 29, 2006 saying she and Rogers had had an affair for more than a year. Hampton said that, more recently, she believed she had been turned down for a job with the city of Smyrna after comments Rogers allegedly made to her perspective employer, a claim found later to be baseless. Though Hampton was upset with the employee for relaying her comments, Faulkner was told of the conversation and subsequently began the internal investigation.

During interviews with Hampton, Rogers, Garrett and Clark, Hampton admitted to having sexual relations only with Rogers, city documents said. But Rogers, Garrett and Clark all admitted to sexual relations with Hampton. During her interview, Hampton said she expected special favors and protection from Rogers due to their relationship and that Rogers had told her he needed to be extra careful not to show favoritism towards her, according to reports. During the period of the sexual relationships, spanning more than a year, former Chief Charles Long was not made aware of the liaisons by his officers, though Clark later told Long of his role.

The city’s investigation also showed Hampton’s complaints about retaliation relating to her work schedule were without merit, investigation documents said.

Documents from the Fairburn investigation were obtained prior to the divorce hearing by Hampton’s husband, Mike Hampton, under the Georgia Open Records Law. Identical documents were obtained by The Citizen.

Hampton said in the investigation that her husband filed for divorce in November 2005 and she was worried about losing custody of her daughter. Hampton also said her husband had found phone records of calls to and from Rogers and brought his concerns to Long. When asked by Long about a sexual relationship, Hampton denied it.

Mike Hampton said outside the court room Tuesday that Long and the city of Fairburn had conducted a fair and thorough investigation of the confusing and convoluted series of affairs.

Sanita Hampton effectively resigned from Fairburn Police in March 2007 after twice refusing to return original files she had mistakenly received from city hall. Hampton filed an EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) complaint in April 2007 for sexual harassment and retaliation.

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Submitted by jasonla on Tue, 03/10/2009 - 12:07pm.

Looks like a few cops in the department were having an orgy with each other at some point or another. Who can blame them sex for free is great.

Submitted by ptcmom678 on Tue, 03/10/2009 - 1:28pm.

Ick, yuck, not in a public forum. C'mon, Starship got kicked out for this kind of stuff

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Submitted by hutch866 on Tue, 03/10/2009 - 1:14pm.

We need a little editing here, jason seems to be even scuzzier then most of the spammers.

I yam what I yam....Popeye


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Submitted by matt.barnes on Tue, 03/10/2009 - 12:21pm.

Wow! This is the sort of story that inspires porno plot lines. If I was a porn director I could make an entire full length movie on this. I wonder what kind of things she did to get info from perps.


Submitted by mikehampton on Thu, 05/01/2008 - 5:46pm.

Husbands, wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, Please contact me right here for a complete information packet of everything that went down in Fairburn. I tried to warn the Chief but he did not listen. Still plenty there still involved. The sexual harrasment files are public record for all to see and it will stun you all. Contact me for further details please.

Submitted by missnanny on Sun, 07/13/2008 - 5:17am.

Hmmm, The Fairburn Police Department still has plenty of problems, besides this one. This is one of the most crooked departments I've ever seen, & I have lived in many cities & towns in my day. There needs to be a thorough investigation of this department. I cannot understand how the officers get away with the things they do. Especially the 7pm to 7am shift. You have less to fear from the criminals in Fairburn than from some of these officers! There are a couple of officers with anger issues & power problems who have no business running around with guns. How would I view the information that mikehampton talked about?

Submitted by pearlstneighbor... on Thu, 07/24/2008 - 4:53pm.

to missnanny AKA "gangstagranma" the police are doing a great job. They have to deal with the kids that terrorize the city throwing rocks and breaking windows and graffiti. There is a group of wanta be gangsters that think they are the crips in the area of cole and bay st. These officers DONT have power problems they are just responding to our requests to get those little thugs locked up. Maybe they need a search warant for your house? You hiding something? If you like those other cities then MOVE OUT OF FAIRBURN. LEAVE.

Submitted by 30213Taxpayer on Wed, 12/26/2007 - 9:53pm.

Long knew very early in the investigation what was going on. He looked the other way and covered for Rogers for over a year. As soon as Rogers found out that Long was about to get fired, he quit and fled the city.

Submitted by MWF on Wed, 12/26/2007 - 11:07pm.

Thanks 30213, the truth comes out at last. Too bad it's much to late for all the people whose lives he messed with, but it finally came back on him.

Submitted by nascargirl on Sat, 11/24/2007 - 2:08pm.

Sanita Hampton is worried about loosing custody??? Sounds like she needs to. With all thoses affairs does she have time to be a mom? The Dad needs to take that child from her until she gets her priorities straight. Also, where is Ms. Hampton now? Is she a officer for another city?? Wives lock up your husbands!!

Submitted by pearlstneighbor... on Thu, 07/24/2008 - 4:58pm.

she was last seen working in Grantville.

Submitted by RightOnTheMoney on Sat, 11/24/2007 - 3:17pm.

We have had our share of hanky panky among police officers in Fayetteville....married and otherwise.

Submitted by ptcmom678 on Tue, 03/10/2009 - 1:26pm.

If I am not mistaken, didn't someone in local government have a basement in a government building with a foldout bed? Tacky, tacky. What's next - government employees gone wild DVD for sale?

Submitted by Highway on Tue, 11/20/2007 - 7:44am.

Someone should take a close look at Union City's finest!

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Submitted by suggarfoot on Mon, 11/19/2007 - 6:17pm.

I feel sorry for her husband. What a witch!


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