The motions filed in former Jordan police officer Corey Pudwill’s case was scheduled to go before a judge again this morning (Thursday).
Pudwill is facing charges of sexual criminal misconduct that arose after a traffic stop in Jordan.
This was the third motion hearing scheduled in the past year. After the most recent motion hearing in February, Pudwill's lawyer, Paul Engh, said he had asked to move the motion hearing to a later date because he had not yet received all the information he requested from the prosecution.
The information requested involved some personal records and police files that contained personal information, Engh said.
In addition to those requests, Engh has additional requests for information that are not yet on file in the case.
The judge assigned to the case, Timothy Blakely of Goodhue County, will have to decide what information the prosecution can and can’t give out as evidence, Engh said. This could mean another continuation of the hearing.
“I think it will be moved back again,” Engh said.
Pudwill is a former Jordan Police Department officer of the year. He was charged with criminal sexual conduct for allegedly initiating sexual contact with a 19-year-old woman during a traffic stop along Highway 169 in August 2006.
According to the criminal complaint, the woman alleges that Pudwill ordered her into the back of his squad car and touched the bra under her sweater.
The camera in Pudwill’s car was either turned off during the incident of the tape had been erased, according to the complaint. Pudwill told investigators that he had been having problems with the camera earlier.
Pudwill was fired for violating a city policy and not for any alleged criminal conduct. Any appeal of the firing has been delayed until the criminal case is decided.