Crime & Safety
2 Baltimore Police Officers Indicted For Misconduct, Assault: Reports
One officer is accused of groping a female coworker, while authorities said the other attacked a woman at a Baltimore restaurant.
BALTIMORE, MD — Two Baltimore police officers were indicted in unrelated cases Thursday after prosecutors accused one of inappropriately touching a female coworker and the other of attacking a woman pulling out his gun while disputing a restaurant bill, according to multiple reports.
Officer Walter Wilson is charged with misconduct in office, while Sgt. Larry Worsley is charged with first- and second-degree assault, use of a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence, theft, and disorderly intoxication, the Baltimore Banner reported, citing Baltimore City State's Attorney Ivan Bates.
Wilson and Worsley are 22- and 19-year veterans of the department, according to the Banner.
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Bates announced the charges at a news conference Thursday.
"These allegations in these indictments are unacceptable for anyone in our city, but especially for our law enforcement officers," Bates said, according to the Banner. "Such actions further erode public trust in the badge and do incredible disservice to the majority of the men and women of the Baltimore City Police Department who protect and serve our city every day with integrity."
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According to a CBS News report, prosecutors accused Wilson of placing his hand on a female officer's shoulder and turning her around so her back faced him. Bates said Wilson then used his hand to grope her buttocks, CBS reported.
A day later, Bates said Wilson encountered the same female officer and made a derogatory comment about her body, according to CBS.
Meanwhile, Worsley is accused of assaulting a woman t Tequila Sunset restaurant in Baltimore, according to charging documents obtained by WMAR.
According to the documents, Worsley consumed numerous shots of alcohol before becoming "noticeably intoxicated." Staff had to separate him from the woman, WMAR reported, before a bartender followed him outside to remind him to pay his $42 tab. According to charging documents, Worsley pulled out a black handgun and said, "I'm not paying for s---," WMAR reported.
Both officers have been suspended without pay, a police spokesperson confirmed when reached by the Banner.
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