Former Kokomo Police Officer Convicted In Federal Civil Rights Case, Sentencing Still Pending

BadPD source-check, June 21, 2026; source dates June 5 and June 10, 2026: The Justice Department says a federal jury convicted former Kokomo Police Department officer Sinmi Asomuyide, 33, after a five-day trial in the Southern District of Indiana.

This is a conviction-stage police-accountability receipt, not an allegation-stage item. Sentencing is still pending in the public source trail reviewed for this brief, so BadPD is treating the verdict as confirmed and the final sentence, judgment, case-review scope, and department repair records as open records to chase.

What DOJ Says The Jury Found

DOJ’s Office of Public Affairs said on June 5 that a federal jury convicted Asomuyide of charges tied to an on-duty sexual assault of a 14-year-old and related obstruction. The Southern District of Indiana posted a June 10 release with the same core conviction facts.

DOJ says jurors found Asomuyide guilty of willfully depriving the victim of constitutional rights. DOJ also says the jury found the conduct included kidnapping and abusive sexual contact of a child under age 16.

The obstruction record matters for the public ledger. DOJ says jurors also found Asomuyide guilty of lying to Indiana State Police while attempting to cover up the assault and of deleting a messaging application he had used to communicate with the minor victim before the assault.

DOJ says Asomuyide faces up to life in prison at sentencing. The public source trail reviewed here did not provide a sentencing date.

Why BadPD Is Publishing It

A conviction involving an officer’s on-duty power is not only a criminal-case story. It is a department-control story: dispatch records, call logs, location records, body-worn camera policy if applicable, phone and messaging evidence, supervisor review, missing-person or runaway-response protocol, and whether the department had earlier warning signs.

Local reporting from WRTV/WISH adds employment context. WRTV reported that Kokomo Police Department terminated Asomuyide on July 1, 2024, citing multiple policy violations outside the criminal investigation, and that Kokomo police asked Indiana State Police to investigate on July 8, 2024. BadPD has not independently reviewed those department records in this run, so they remain local-reporting context pending direct records.

The accountability question is not whether every officer is responsible for this crime. It is whether the department can show the public what it reviewed after one officer used apparent official authority in a way a federal jury found criminal.

Confirmed, Pending, Missing

Confirmed by DOJ: Asomuyide is a former Kokomo Police Department officer; a federal jury convicted him after a five-day trial; the conviction includes civil-rights and obstruction findings; the case was investigated by the FBI; and sentencing could expose him to up to life in prison.

Reported locally, pending direct-record review: WRTV/WISH reported a July 1, 2024 termination, policy-violation context outside the criminal investigation, Kokomo Police request for an Indiana State Police investigation, and no sentencing date in the release.

Missing facts to verify next: sentencing date, final judgment, docket entries, trial transcript, department termination file, internal-affairs timeline, supervisor-review findings, any body-camera or location-data policy issue, Indiana State Police case summary, victim-notification process, Brady/Giglio notice status, and any Kokomo policy change after the case.

The next BadPD receipt should be the sentence and repair ledger. A conviction answers what the jury found. It does not answer whether Kokomo and related agencies audited every record, policy, and missed-control point that let the public understand how this case happened and what changed after it.

Source Trail

• DOJ Office of Public Affairs: former Kokomo officer convicted (June 5, 2026) – Primary DOJ conviction receipt: former officer, five-day trial, federal jury verdict, civil-rights and obstruction facts, and sentencing exposure.
• DOJ Southern District of Indiana: former Kokomo officer conviction update (June 10, 2026) – U.S. Attorney district release confirming the verdict and investigation/prosecution source trail.
• WRTV/WISH: jury convicts ex-Kokomo officer (June 2026; checked June 21, 2026) – Local Indiana report adding department-employment context, termination date, and noting sentencing was not scheduled in the DOJ release.