WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- The
Metropolitan Police Department has charged a Prince George's County Police
Officer with leaving the scene of an accident.
Officer Mark Samuels-Thompson
was arrested on November 30th, Prince George's County Police said. Officer
Samuels-Thompson was off duty and was not operating a department vehicle at the
time of his arrest, police said.
No injuries were reported,
police said.
The Prince George's County
Police Department's Special Investigation Response team launched an
administrative investigation after the arrest. Officer Samuels-Thompson's
police powers had already been suspended for unrelated internal charges, police
said.
Officer Samuels-Thompson has
been employed by the Prince George's County Police Department for seven years
and is currently assigned to the Bureau of Patrol, police said.