West Palm Beach, Florida- He allegedly pulled over a female driver, wrote her several tickets and then told her he would drop the tickets if she had sex with him.
Veteran Riviera Beach Police Officer Maurice Morris is named in a sealed indictment, charged with sexual assault. Because the indictment is sealed, specific details of the crime are being withheld.
Last month, Morris allegedly worked a security detail at a Barack Obama campaign rally in Lake Worth. He was in uniform, driving a marked squad car, and allegedly pulled over a female driver and wrote her several tickets, and then told her he would drop the tickets if she had sex with him.
So the two of them allegedly went back to her West Palm Beach apartment for sex, and Morris even put his K-9 dog in her bathroom, because he did not want to leave the animal out in his squad car.
His attorney says Maurice Morris has never been arrested in his life, and has more than dozen commendations in his file for good police work.
Morris made a brief court appearance this morning. His lawyer told the judge Morris turned himself in last night. The judge set his bond at $25,000 dollars, and also ordered that he not have any contact with the victim and not have any weapons.
For the past few weeks, Morris was taken off the road and was reassigned to a desk job inside the police station.
His attorney said in court this morning, there’s not a shred of evidence he did anything wrong, except the alleged victim’s testimony before the grand jury.
