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

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A former police detective in Kansas who died in an apparent suicide as he was about to stand trial on civil rights violations for allegedly sexually assaulting and terrorizing vulnerable women for decades wasn't supposed to have a gun while he was under house arrest.

Police found Roger Golubski dead on his back porch Monday morning after a neighbor reported hearing a gunshot, and there were no indications of foul play, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation said in a statement. The judge's order allowing Golubski to be under house arrest said he could not "possess a firearm, de...