Former Junction City police officer indicted for soliciting sexual favors from informant
TOPEKA, KAN. / Thursday, September 17, 2026 – A federal grand jury in Topeka returned an indictment charging a former police officer demanding sexual favors from a victim.
According to court documents, Troy Dwayne Watson, 55, of High Point, North Carolina, was indicted on one count of bribery.
Watson formerly served as a police officer with the Junction City Police Department. Between October 2021 and April 2022, Watson is accused of soliciting sexual favors from a confidential informant under the guise that he would in turn provide the victim with favorable resolutions with the government on then-pending criminal matters.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating the case.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Sara Walton is prosecuting the case.
An indictment is merely an allegation, and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
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Source: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Kansas
