No charges to be filed against 5 Mesa police officers after 1 flushes fetus down motel toilet

No charges against Mesa police in fetus flushing

PHOENIX — Prosecutors in Arizona won’t file charges against five Mesa police officers for their role in flushing a stillborn fetus down a toilet.

The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office determined a crime wasn’t committed last month when an officer flushed the 4-inch fetus down a toilet in a motel room.

Sgt. Bryan Soller, president of the state and Mesa chapters of the Fraternal Order of Police, says county officials contacted Mesa police Wednesday to tell them of their decision.

Officers and Mesa fire personnel responded in June to a Motel 6, where they found a woman had miscarried. One of the officers photographed the fetus, which fire officials reportedly declined to take, then flushed it.

Information from: The Arizona Republic, www.azcentral.com