Sexual Assault Trial for Former Ocean City Cop Set for Nov. 2

The sexual assault trial of retired Ocean City Police Officer Charles Cusack begins Nov. 2, the Ocean City Gazette reports.

Cusack previously pleaded not guilty to to second-degree sexual assault, endangering the welfare of a child and official misconduct, and his lawyer filed a motion to have the trial dismissed on grounds that it was unusual to add such charges on the very eve of the trial.

That motion was denied, according to the report.

Cusack is accused of having sexual contact with a young employee between 16 and 18 years old he supervised as a beach-tag inspector. He was arrested last August.

Cusack was serving in his second season as supervisor in the beach-tag office. He retired from the police department in 2011 and was a resource officer at Ocean City High School for two years.

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