Sometimes people get unwanted tickets in the mail from police. But a Pa. woman says one cop sent her nude photos of himself.

As the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports, Michelle Benninger of Pitcarin, Pa., has filed a federal suit against a police officer and his Pa. department accusing him of sending her nude selfie photos after charging her with drunken driving in 2017.

Benninger’s suit says the actions of the since-suspended officer, Dominic DeJulio, inflicted emotional distress on her. And she blames the Ohio Township, Pa., police department, where he worked, for not properly training or supervising him.

The suit seeks unspecified monetary damages.

Background from the Post-Gazette:

Benninger was driving in Emsworth, Pa., on Aug. 25, 2017, when another officer pulled her over at a sobriety checkpoint. Then-Officer DeJulio, who was manning the checkpoint, gave her a sobriety test and charged her with drunken driving.

After her preliminary hearing in October, she said, DeJulio sent her text messages in an attempt to have sex with her, according to the complaint. The messages included lewd photos of himself.

The district attorney’s office withdrew the drunken driving case against Benninger after detectives investigated the circumstances.

“It was very upsetting and frustrating. It was just disgusting,” Ms. Benninger said of the texts after the charges were dropped last year.

Her suit says she suffered emotional trauma and damage to her reputation. It asks for unspecified compensatory and punitive damages.

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Pitcairn woman sues Ohio Township and ex-cop who sent her nude selfies https://t.co/Otp8wMPOKo — Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (@PittsburghPG) May 6, 2019

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette notes Benninger granted permission for her name and image to be used.

The police department had no immediate comment on the suit.