NORTHBOROUGH – A
Worcester cop forced his way into his ex-wife’s home last month and beat a man
there, threatening to kill him, authorities said.
William Stout, 44,
posted $500 bail after he turned himself in to the Northborough Police on
Wednesday at 10 p.m.
According to a police
report filed in Westborough District Court on Thursday, the veteran Worcester
Police officer went to his ex-wife’s Shady Lane home on June 17 and began
banging on the door, yelling to be let in while yelling profanities.
The report said his
ex-wife would not let him in, so Stout forced a kitchen window screen
open and climbed through.
"According to
(the ex-wife) her ex-husband was in his full Worcester Police Department
uniform at the time he forced his way into her house and he did have his gun,
which was holstered in his belt/waist area," the report said.
Stout then went to a
bedroom, where he attacked his ex-wife’s "companion" by
"grabbing him by the neck and punching him several times, striking him in
the face and neck area," the report said.
Throughout the
attack, Stout yelled "I will kill you," repeatedly. When the assault
was over, Stout told the man he would "murder" him if the man was
ever around Stout’s family again, the report said.
Northborough Police
obtained a warrant for Stout’s arrest and he turned himself in.
Stout, of 33
Brookhaven Road, Worcester, was charged with home invasion, assault and
battery, breaking and entering, trespassing and threatening to commit a crime.
After his arrest,
Stout posted bail and was released. He pleaded not guilty at his Westborough
District Court arraignment on Thursday and is due back in court on July 24
for a pretrial conference. As a condition of his release, Stout is not allowed
to carry or possess a firearm.
Stout, who has been
with the Worcester Police Department for 16 years, is on paid administrative
leave pending the outcome of an internal police investigation, Worcester Police
spokesman Sgt. Kerry F. Hazelhurst said.
"The
department’s internal investigation was initiated immediate
