Overview
- Harford County detectives arrested Officer Daniel Oxendine on Thursday, Aug. 27, and charged him with multiple felonies including first- and second-degree rape, burglary with intent to commit rape, law-enforcement sexual-act offenses, and misconduct in office.
- Charging documents say the alleged assault began after Oxendine, while on duty in uniform, got a supervisor’s permission to drive a domestic-incident victim and her son from Northeast Baltimore to her Edgewood apartment where he then entered the home and sexually assaulted her.
- The victim reported the assault at a hospital on June 3 and a forensic sexual-assault exam collected DNA that investigators say matched a sample Oxendine provided on June 10, which Harford County calls the basis for probable cause.
- Investigators allege Oxendine turned off his body-worn camera during the interaction against department policy, and Baltimore Police have suspended him without pay and say they are cooperating with the Harford County probe.
- Sheriff Jeff Gahler and Harford County detectives say they are reviewing prior reports and surveillance to search for other victims, a step that could lead to more charges and raise further questions about officer conduct and oversight.