ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, Md. (WJLA)
- A former Prince George's County Police officer arrested last year after being
charged with multiple sex offenses and other crimes was found dead of an
apparent suicide Friday.
The body of John Warhurst, a
21-year veteran of the Prince George's County Police Department, was found dead
of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound near Bayard and Sands roads in Anne
Arundel County.
Warhurst was arrested in
November of 2013 and charged with more than a dozen sex offenses and other
crimes, including second-degree rape and a sex offense involving a child. He
retired from the police force after being charged.
Warhurst's trial was due to
start on Oct. 28.
