Missouri police officers accused of taking nude photos from women's phones during traffic stops: "Complete betrayal"

Two Missouri police officers were indicted separately this week and accused of similar crimes - pulling over women and searching their phones to find nude photos, federal prosecutors said.

The indictments of former Missouri State Highway Patrol officer David McKnight on Tuesday and former Florissant, Missouri, officer Julian Alcala on Wednesday were unrelated but the indictments spelled out similar allegations. Both men face federal charges accusing them of depriving the rights of several women and destroying evidence.

McKnight, 39, victimized nine women between September 2023 and Aug. 19, his indictment said. Typically, according to the indictment, he would pull over a woman for a traffic violation and tell her he needed to look at her phone to either verify her identity or confirm insurance coverage.