Ex-detective faces charges in sexual assault of witnesses
Source: Associated Press
Updated 4:26 pm CST, Tuesday, February 19, 2019
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A former Philadelphia police officer was arrested Tuesday on allegations he sexually assaulted male witnesses and suspects over his decade-plus career as a detective.
A judge ordered 52-year-old Philip Nordo held without bail in protective custody during a preliminary arraignment Tuesday afternoon on a more than 35-count grand jury presentment. Nordo pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Much of the grand jury report was redacted to protect the identity of victims in the allegations, but a handful of pages were unsealed Tuesday showing multiple accusations of rape, intimidation, sexual misconduct and theft of city funds.
A spokesman for the Philadelphia district attorney's office declined to comment further on the charges against the 52-year-old former police department veteran. Nordo, who was working in the homicide division at the time, was fired in 2017 after allegations were made that he placed funds in a witness' commissary account and that he had fraternized with people who were connected to criminal investigations
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