Husband of Tennessee cop fired for sex romps with fellow officers may not have supported open marriage

A cop fired for having sex with six colleagues allegedly said she was in an open marriage, something her husband “really wasn’t on board” with.

The husband of a US police officer who was fired for having sex with six other officers is a wholesome state park ranger, The New York Post has learned.

Ex-cop Maegan Hall said that she and her husband, Jedidiah Hall, were in an open marriage — although he did not seem to be on board, according to an internal investigation at the La Vergne Police Department in the state of Tennessee.

According to Ms Hall’s Facebook page, she and her husband were married on May 23, 2018, reported the New York Post.

Born in Chapel Hill, Tennessee, Mr Hill said the time he spent in Henry Horton State Park as a child inspired him to work with Tennessee State Parks.

Maegan Hall and husband Jedediah. Picture: Facebook.

“Without much money to travel, Henry Horton became my family’s go-to summer destination. Growing up on the trails and swimming in the river made me fall in love with our state parks and being in the outdoors,” he wrote in a blog for the parks department.

Mr Hall had initially planned to become a teacher, he said. However, while working toward his master’s degree at Middle Tennessee State University, he was hired by Henry Horton State Park as a seasonal interpretative recreator over the summer.

“That summer changed my life, and I decided to teach park visitors about Tennessee’s history and natural resources,” he wrote.

He said his favourite part about working for the state parks department “is witnessing the look in our visitor’s eyes when they connect” with our state’s cultural resources.

“That ‘wow’ moment makes all of the hard work worth it, and it makes me fall in love with our park system all over again,” he wrote.

He also encouraged anyone interested in joining the state parks department to start by volunteering at their local parks picking up garbage and helping with waterway clean-ups.

Jedidiah Hall did not immediately respond to a voicemail left by The Post.

Hall admitted to the affairs before being fired. Picture: La Vergne Police Department

Husband ‘really not on board’

Maegan Hall, who joined the force in 2021, and her fellow law officers allegedly engaged in wild affairs that included exchanging nude pictures, taking her top off at a hot tub party, and even having oral sex with two officers.

Ms Hall was ultimately fired for the misconduct along with Sgt. Lewis Powell, Officer Juan Lugo, Sgt. Ty McGowan and Detective Seneca Shields.

Two other officers who allegedly had romps with Hall — Patrick Magliocco and Larry Holladay — kept their jobs but were suspended, according to reports.

In the December 28 report, Mr Magliocco said he had seen Ms Hall and Mr Holladay kiss while watching football at a party, and said Ms Hall had kissed his own wife, Amy, after learning they had an “open marriage,” according to the document.

The officer said Mr Hill saw the kiss and told officials he “really wasn’t on board” with his wife having a threesome with the Maglioccos, but she continued having a relationship with him, investigators said.

Jedidiah told police he “really wasn’t on board” with the open relationship. Picture: Facebook.

Mr Magliocco also noted he had become concerned about Ms Hall’s mental health and heavy drinking. He said Ms Hall had once pulled the trigger on an empty gun pointed at her temple “so she could hear what it sounded like” and said she was suffering from mental illness.

Mr Powell initially denied that he had a sexual encounter with Ms Hall, but said “everybody knows she has multiple partners,” as he named Mr Holladay and Mr McGowan to investigators.

Mr Holladay admitted under questioning to having sex with Ms Hall “multiple” times, and Mr McGowan revealed that he once went to Ms Hall’s house with another female and exposed his genitalia, according to the report.

After initially denying having sexual relationships with Mr Powell and Mr Magliocco, Ms Hall later confessed to the affairs and also admitted having sex with Mr Lugo at a motel after they met at a Go Cart centre — a charge that Mr Lugo initially denied before caving under a second interrogation.

Officers Patrick Magliocco and Maegan Hall receiving Community Service Awards from the department in 2021. Picture: La Vergne Police Department

Under questioning, Mr Shields said, “I have never had sex with Maegan Hall,” until admitting she had performed oral sex on him while on duty when pressed.

A repeatedly mentioned event in the report was a Memorial Day party in a boathouse owned by another member of the department, to which several officers had brought their children.

At one point during the party, an “intoxicated” Ms Hall was reportedly being fed vodka by Mr Magliocco in the hot tub, at which time her top came off, and other cops stopped the former officer from drinking and helped her cover up “to protect her,” according to the report.

Human resources director Andrew Patton, who authored the report and conducted the investigation, sanctioned the eight officers with various penalties for “sexual activity while on duty, sexual harassment, conduct unbecoming of an officer, and lying during the course of the investigation.”

This story appeared in the New York Post and is repordiced with permission.