A Missouri highway patrol trooper and, separately, a Florissant police officer are accused of illegally searching women’s phones for nude images during traffic stops.

A former Florissant police officer accused of stealing nude photos from women's phones without them knowing during traffic stops was indicted on Wednesday in federal court.

The charges accuse him of pulling women over for a traffic stops and taking their unlocked phones back to his patrol car to searching for nude photos.

A former Florissant police officer is facing 21 federal charges relating to a scandal involving nude photos he's accused of stealing off victims' phones during traffic stops, court documents show. The officer,