Setty, 42, was accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women in a private Facebook group chat called “Are We Dating the Same Guy? Dayton/Cincinnati,” and was investigated by the Ohio Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Investigations.
He was was sentenced May 30 in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court to up to three years of probation after he pleaded no contest May 8 to three misdemeanor charges — unlawful restraint and two counts of disorderly conduct — via a bill of information.
Setty had been on paid leave since late March 2023. His leave was changed to unpaid June 3 following his sentencing while the department conducted an administrative investigation.
The city of Dayton paid Setty $67,008 in leave pay 2023. His total gross compensation last year, which includes his two-plus months working and nine-plus months on leave, was $105,439, according to the Dayton Daily News Payroll Project, an annual analysis of local government employee pay.
Facebook group chat
Multiple women accused Setty of engaging in sexual acts without their consent, and one woman said she felt Setty would not let her leave his house unless she engaged in sexual activity, according to investigative records from the BCI.
Assistant Butler County Prosecutor Kraig Chadrick, appointed a special prosecutor in the case to avoid a conflict of interest with local officials, said that while the evidence supported the allegations that “sex offenses” occurred, the specific details ruled out filing felony charges. Although Setty was a police officer, Chadrick said he did not use his law enforcement position to coerce victims into engaging in sexual activity.
Setty’s background with Dayton PD
Setty’s Dayton police personnel file includes nearly a dozen written commendations over the past dozen years. The most recent was in the fall of 2022 at Liberty High School for working with another DPD officer to wrestle to the ground a former student who came onto school grounds with a loaded gun in his bag.
Setty, who was promoted to the rank of sergeant in February 2016, and two other officers were involved in a shooting in December 2020 that resulted in the death of 37-year-old Donald Saunders after police responded to a domestic violence call. Saunders was shot at least four times after he pointed a gun at Setty’s chest at an apartment in the 1700 block of Rangeley Avenue, according to a commendation Setty received.
Staff Writer Cornelius Frolik contribute to this report.
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