[Joe_J.]

MEMPHIS, TN – The state of Tennessee is trying to strip the license of a security officer accused of rape. Thirty-one-year-old Geryl Hill is accused of raping a woman last week while on duty at a Kroger store, but he was already facing the loss of his license to work as a security officer.

He was charged with statutory rape in 2006, but pleaded guilty last year to a reduced charge. So the State Department of Commerce and Insurance, which oversees security officers, “authorized its legal staff to seek revocation of Mr. Hill’s license,” according to a statement from a Department spokesman. The statement notes that Hill “refused the voluntary revocation consent order of the department,” so a hearing in front of an Administrative Law Judge was scheduled. A ruling is still pending.

The latest charges that Hill faces are rape and sexual battery by an authority figure. A 24-year-old told Memphis Police that Hill accused her of stealing from the Kroger where he worked, then asked for sexual favors.

"She's alleging that an incident occurred that was sexual in nature,” explained Major Loris Hopkins, of the Memphis Police Department.

Hill has already been suspended from his job with SecurityPoint Protection Services, the company that provided officers for several Kroger stores. Kroger spokesman Joe Bell said SecurityPoint handled security for 10 Kroger stores across Memphis. But that contract has been canceled.

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