WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — A community college police officer has been ordered to house arrest after pleading not guilty to assault and intimidation charges in a dispute with a subordinate in Worcester.
The Telegram & Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/WAV1p3) a judge set $10,000 cash bail Friday for Quinsigamond Community College police Sgt. Mark Brooks after a two-day dangerousness hearing.
Prosecutor Timothy Westerman said Brooks "snapped" Jan. 31 when Officer Andrea Prinsen confronted him after he allegedly failed to respond to a request for backup while she was investigating a suspicious car.
Brooks' lawyer said it's a "he said-she said" situation that grew out of earlier friction between the two. He said Brooks has an "impeccable" record.
Prinsen testified that Brooks, her supervisor, threw her to the ground, tried to choke her, and sprayed her with pepper spray.
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Information from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, Mass.), http://www.telegram.com