NEW
ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans Police have suspended a veteran officer for
allegedly harassing a woman she believes was dating the same man she is.
In
a news release Friday, authorities said the Orleans Parish District Attorney's
Office filed a bill of information Jan. 16 against Officer Carolyn Dalton,
accusing her of malfeasance in office.
The
case was assigned to state District Judge Benedict Willard. Her arraignment is
set for Feb. 13.
It
was not immediately known if Dalton, a 16-year veteran of the force, has an
attorney.
The
alleged victim filed a complaint Jan. 8 with the St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's
Office, saying Dalton had come to her home in Chalmette, followed her in a car
and demanded that she stop seeing a man that both women were allegedly dating.
The complaint says Dalton used profanity and threatened that if the woman
didn't stop communicating with the man, she was "going to get her."
The
police department's Public Integrity Bureau reassigned Dalton to desk duty
after learning of the complaint, which resulted in a restraining order against
Dalton.
Through
investigation, the department said detectives learned that while on duty,
Dalton used the mobile data computer terminal in her patrol car to look up the
complainant's home and business addresses. Investigators also determined that
Dalton was not conducting an investigation that would require her to check for
that information through the official database.
