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Here is The Star’s past reporting on former Kansas City, Kansas cop Roger Golubski

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Former KCK detective Roger Golubski

Roger Golubski, a former Kansas City, Kansas, police detective, has been accused of using his badge to exploit and rape vulnerable Black women. Here’s the story so far.

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Federal prosecutors in Kansas have initiated a criminal grand jury investigation into Roger Golubski, a former Kansas City, Kansas, police detective accused of using his badge to exploit and rape vulnerable Black women.

Golubski, 69, faces allegations in a lawsuit that he exploited women for sexual favors and coerced some of them into fabricating testimony to clear cases he investigated. He retired in 2010 from the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department.

In 2017, Lamonte McIntyre was freed from prison after serving 23 years for two murders he did not commit. After McIntyre was freed, questions began to arise publicly about Golubski.

FILE - This undated photo provided by the Edwardsville Police Department shows Former Kansas City, Kansas Police detective Roger Golubski. Golubski was the lead investigator in the 1994 double murder case against Lamonte McIntyre who spent 23 years in prison. In October 2017 Wyandotte County District Attorney Mark Dupree dropped the charges against McIntyre because of “manifest injustice.” Dupree is establishing a conviction integrity unit within his office. He is also calling for an investigation into Golubski (Edwardsville Police Department via AP, File)
FILE - This undated photo provided by the Edwardsville Police Department shows Former Kansas City, Kansas Police detective Roger Golubski. Golubski was the lead investigator in the 1994 double murder case against Lamonte McIntyre who spent 23 years in prison. In October 2017 Wyandotte County District Attorney Mark Dupree dropped the charges against McIntyre because of “manifest injustice.” Dupree is establishing a conviction integrity unit within his office. He is also calling for an investigation into Golubski (Edwardsville Police Department via AP, File) Edwardsville Police Department via the Associated Press

The news of an investigation comes after years of reporting by The Star on accusations against Golubski. That has included numerous columns by Melinda Henneberger, opinion editor and columnist for The Star. Separately, the newspaper engaged in a partnership of reporting with KCUR detailing the former detective’s connection to several slain Black women in Kansas City, Kansas.

Henneberger has spoken to victims of Golubski and their families, and detailed decades of misconduct, abuse and manipulation.

Here is some of The Star’s previous reporting on Golubski.

This story was originally published October 14, 2021 at 3:30 PM.

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Former KCK detective Roger Golubski

Roger Golubski, a former Kansas City, Kansas, police detective, has been accused of using his badge to exploit and rape vulnerable Black women. Here’s the story so far.

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