Atlanta Police officer charged with sexually assaulting teen

ATLANTA, Ga. – An Atlanta Police officer was fired and charged with sexually assaulting a teen, the division stated on Thursday.

Officer Anthony L. Anderson was taken into custody on and booked into the Fulton County Jail on expenses of violation of oath of workplace, cruelty to youngsters, aggravated sexual battery and aggravated sodomy.

Police say Anderson responded to a single car accident early on Aug. 2. That’s when he made contact with the 16-year-old driver.

Later that day, the woman went to Gwinnett County officers and instructed them she had been sexually assaulted by an off-duty Atlanta Police officer. The Gwinnett County Police Division started an investigation and questioned Anderson on Aug. 11 — the identical day APD was knowledgeable of the incident.

“Subsequent actions by Officer Anderson throughout and after his shift would result in a felony investigation led by Atlanta Police Division’s Particular Victims Unit,” the division stated in a press release.

Detectives finally had possible trigger essential to cost Anderson.

“Not solely am I disturbed and disillusioned by these allegations, but it surely additionally angers me,” stated Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum. “We ask the general public to belief us to do the fitting factor, to maintain them protected. So, when considered one of our personal is accused of despicable acts with a minor, it erodes that belief that generally takes years to construct. You will be assured, I’ll act swiftly to analyze anytime allegations of misconduct are delivered to my consideration. I wish to thank the Atlanta Police Division’s felony investigation division for his or her immediate motion in coping with this matter.”

Anderson had been with the division since 2016.

The division is asking anybody with info to contact them at (404) 546-4260 or contact Crime Stoppers at 404-577-TIPS (8477) or on-line.