A Westwood
police officer has been arrested and charged on two counts of rape and one
count of indecent assault and battery on a person over 14 following a year-long
investigation, Norwood police said in a statement Wednesday night.
Kevin McCarthy, of
Norwood, turned himself in on Tuesday and pleaded not guilty to the charges at
his arraignment in Dedham District Court. He was released on $5,000 cash bail
with orders to stay away and have no contact with the alleged victim, abide by
a curfew, and report to the Norwood police within 24 hours of his release,
police said.
He is due back in
court on Aug. 16 for a pretrial conference, according to the Norfolk district
attorney’s office.
According to
police, on April 20 of last year, a woman came into the station to report that
was sexually assaulted the night before. She told police that she was in her
parked vehicle when a man opened the passenger side door and said he was a
police officer.
The man then began
looking through the car asking the woman for drugs. She reportedly asked him to
leave, but he refused and sexually assaulted her. The woman also said the man
had two small dogs with him and was in his mid-40s.
Several weeks
after the report, a Norwood officer on patrol in the area where the alleged
assault occurred spotted a man who matched the description walking two dogs
around 3:30 a.m. The officer spoke with the man and forwarded the information
onto the lead investigator of the case.
During the
investigation, police learned that McCarthy was terminated from the Westwood Police
Department several years ago. Police also said the he and the woman did not
know one another.
Norwood detectives
and members of the sexual assault unit of the Norfolk district attorney’s
participated in the investigation.