Susan C. Schena
A Concord police officer will
be arraigned this afternoon for allegedly stealing prescription drugs from
seniors, the Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office said today.
Prosecutors charged Concord police
K-9 Officer Matthew Switzer on Thursday with two counts of first-degree
burglary, one count of second-degree burglary, one count of fraudulently
obtaining prescription drugs and one count of elder abuse, according to the
district attorney's office.
His arraignment in Contra Costa
County Superior Court in Martinez is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Switzer, a Clayton
resident, turned himself in this morning and is being held in the county jail
in Martinez in lieu of $240,000 bail, according to Deputy District Attorney
Barry Grove.
Prosecutors said the officer
allegedly used his status as a police officer to enter the homes of several
residents in an unnamed senior apartment complex in downtown Concord. Once
inside, he pocketed undisclosed amounts of Norco, a powerful prescription pain
drug, according to Grove.