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Sex with a fugitive’s wife?

According to the report, a US marshall supervisor learned that a deputy had an “inappropriate” and “romantic” relationship with the spouse of a fugitive. Even after three supervisors instructed the deputy marshall to end the relationship, he nevertheless “continued to pursue it” for another year.

The Office of Professional Responsibility apparently only found out about the relationship after it was terminated: “When the relationship ended, the fugitive’s spouse lodged a complaint.”

‘Sex with anonymous partners’ on the job

In one particularly bizarre 2009 account, an ATF director apparently went through great lengths to facilitate sexual encounters while on assignment. According to the report, he “solicited consensual sex with anonymous partners and modified a hotel room door to facilitate sexual play.”

In addition, the director “removed smoke detectors from the hotel room and inadvertently caused damage to the hotel’s centralized fire detection system.” After being confronted, he admitted it “was not an isolated incident for him and had occurred in the past.”

It appears the ATF director was likely Russell Vanderwerf, who held the same title and was reportedly involved in a similar incident at the time identified in the inspector general’s report. Here’s how the New Orleans The Times-Picayune described his hotel room modifications: