A former Alabama police officer has been sentenced to federal prison for sexually assaulting a woman while on duty and receiving sexually explicit photos of a minor.

Jarrod Gailen Webster, who was a Killen police officer, pleaded guilty earlier this year and admitted that on Nov 12, 2023, he violated the civil rights of a woman after initiating a traffic stop on the woman, according to federal officials.

He was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison.

Webster, 27, asked the woman to step out of her vehicle, and he asked her what she wanted to do to “get out of this.”

When the woman told Webster that she was not going to do anything for him, Webster handcuffed the woman, opened the rear door of his patrol vehicle, removed his bulletproof vest, turned off his body cam and raped her.

He also forced her to perform oral sex on him, according to his plea agreement.

The victim, investigators said, “did not feel like she could say no…and believed that (Webster) would shoot and kill her if she did not engage in these sex acts.”

Webster, according to the plea agreement, said if she told anybody what happened, he would find out where she was.

DNA from some of the body fluid evidence showed that is was 99 septillion times more likely Webster was a contributor to those fluids.

Additionally, Webster admitted that between June 2016 and October 2018, he communicated with a minor by phone.

The girl was 15 when the communication began.

Webster asked the minor to produce and send him sexually explicit images of herself. The minor victim sent multiple photos to Webster at his request, at least one of which constituted child sexual abuse material.

Webster pleaded guilty to one count of deprivation of rights under color of law and one count of sexual exploitation of children.

“Jarrod Webster forcibly assaulted a woman after a traffic stop, and exploited a minor to receive sexually explicit images,” said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division.

“This was a gross abuse of his authority as a police officer and a betrayal of the public trust. I am proud of our DOJ Civil Rights team for holding him accountable.”

“This sentence sends a clear message that such criminal conduct will not be tolerated,” said Northern District of Alabama U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona. “I commend the dedication of our law enforcement partners and prosecutors to ensure that Webster was held accountable for his actions.”

The FBI Birmingham Field Office investigated the case.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Royster for the Northern District of Alabama and Trial Attorney Sarah Howard of the Civil Rights Division’s Criminal Section prosecuted the case.

“Law enforcement officers are entrusted with significant responsibility and are therefore held to a higher standard,” said Birmingham’s FBI Special Agent in Charge David R. Fitzgibbons. “Today’s sentencing clearly demonstrates there are serious consequences when someone tarnishes the badge by breaking the law. Jerrod Webster brought shame to the badge by committing the horrific crimes of sexually assaulting a woman in his care and receiving sexually explicit images of a minor.”