Police officer facing six new charges

Source:Chatham Daily News
Posted By ERICA BAJER, THE DAILY NEWS

A Chatham-Kent Police Service officer has been arrested and charged with six criminal offences.

Const. Thomas Andrew Brown, 45, was arrested Tuesday.

Police said he is charged with with two counts of uttering threats, two counts of criminal harassment, one count of intimidation and one count of breach of an undertaking, which was entered into on a previous criminal charge.


Brown appeared in bail court Wednesday and was remanded into custody.

He is scheduled to have a bail hearing Friday.

Insp. Ed Reed said the 20- year veteran police officer was suspended with pay at the time of the alleged offences.

"We became aware of information and as a result investigated and subsequently laid the criminal charges," Reed said.

"There's not much more I can add. The matter is before the courts."

Brown is currently suspended from duty as a result of a previous arrest in January of 2009.

At that time Brown was charged with assault and break and enter, Reed said.

Those matters are still before the courts with the next scheduled date of Aug. 27.

Reed said as a result of the criminal charges in January of 2009, Brown was also charged under the Police Services Act of Ontario with two counts of discreditable conduct.

He said Brown pleaded guilty to those charges in February of this year. His sentencing hearing on the Police Services Act charges is scheduled for June 21.

Reed said Brown will likely be facing additional offences under the Act as a result of the charges laid Tuesday.

ebajer@chathamdailynews.ca

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