Former cop faces domestic battery charges

A former police officer jailed four years ago for coercing a woman he pulled over into having sex with him atop his squad car was back behind bars Thursday, accused of injuring a teenager.

Troy G. Hetz, 40, of Deerfield, is facing one count of domestic battery stemming from an incident Sunday in which he grabbed a 14-year-old girl's wrist and bent it backward, causing an injury, according to court documents.

Hetz was arrested Wednesday and spent the night in the McHenry County jail before appearing in court Thursday morning and later posting $150 bond. He is scheduled to return to court July 14 on the Class A misdemeanor charge.

His attorney, Margi Worth, declined comment Thursday.

Hetz, a former Holiday Hills officer, served a six-month jail sentence in 2004 after his official misconduct conviction for using his badge to obtain sex.

McHenry County authorities charged him after a 20-year-old woman alleged he pulled her over for speeding in a secluded area of the eastern McHenry County village Dec. 1, 1999. After Hetz learned she was driving on a suspended license, the woman told authorities, he told her he could let her off with a verbal warning in exchange for sex.

It was not the first time a woman accused Hetz of using his badge to obtain sexual favors. Court documents indicate Hetz resigned from the Lindenhurst Police Department in 1996 after a 19-year-old woman claimed he forcibly fondled and kissed her under threat of arrest.