Woodstock
police officer charged with domestic assault
QUECHEE, Vt. —A Woodstock
police officer has been charged with domestic assault, state police said.
Vermont State Police arrested
Mark McComas, 45, a former employee of the Hartford Police Department on
Tuesday.
McComas is currently a Police
Officer for the Woodstock Police Department.
Police say McComas assaulted
someone at a Quechee home twice in February.
McComas was lodged at the
Southern State Correctional Facility.
Bail was set at bail set at
$2500.
Vermont State Police is
handling the investigation.
McComas was scheduled to be
arraigned Wednesday afternoon.
Lawrence
cop suspended after domestic battery arrest
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LAWRENCE – A Lawrence, Kansas,
police officer is suspended after being arrested on charges related to domestic
violence.
The police department says the
woman, while in a relationship with patrol officer, reported that he battered
and threatened her last month.
The officer was arrested on
suspicion of aggravated battery, criminal threat, aggravated assault, domestic
battery and kidnapping.
He’s is a three-year veteran of
Lawrence’s police force.
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His first court appearance is
Wednesday, and the investigation is continuing. He is being held in the Douglas
County Jail without bond.
