An ex-officer who died in an apparent suicide before his federal trial was barred from having a gun

Associated Press

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A former Kansas police detective who died in an apparent suicide as he was about to stand trial for allegedly violating the civil rights of women prosecutors say he sexually assaulted wasn’t supposed to have a gun under his house arrest. Police found Roger Golubski dead on his back porch Monday, just as jury selection was to begin in his federal trial. A judge’s order allowing Golubski to be under house arrest said he could not possess a firearm or other weapon. Golubski’s death has raised questions about why the 71-year-old wasn’t taken into custody after he was indicted and how he obtained a gun at his home outside Kansas City, Kansas.