Davie, Florida Cop Found Guilty Of Sextortion

The victim waited three years for trial, but only had to wait 20 minutes for the verdict.

In 2010, Brittany Assam was 22 years-old, and James Krey was 37 years-old.  They both were police officers with the Davie, Florida police department.  They had dated for 18 months and broke-up in February 2015.  James Krey wanted Brittany to leave town.  He threatened to send naked pictures and a sex video of Brittany to their colleagues if she didn’t leave town.

James Krey

“Jimmy, please don’t destroy me. I will leave the department,” Brittany said in one text message, which she read to the jury at trial.

“You’re going to have to leave Broward, sweetheart,” he replied. “Anywhere you go, I have people.”

On March 10, 2015, Brittany took the threatening text messages to the Coral Springs Police Department where she resided. James Krey was arrested and placed on paid leave.

In July 2017, Krey asked the court to exclude evidence from his cell phone.  Judge Bailey declined to suppress the disputed evidence because police did not actually search the contents of Krey’s phone until after they had obtained a warrant.  Krey’s defense lawyer, Jeremy Kroll, conceded that the jury could still see the texts on Brittany’s phone.