A Baltimore Police officer has been charged in Harford County with the on-duty rape of a woman involved in a domestic violence incident whom he had driven home, officials confirmed.
Officer Daniel Oxendine, 32, was taken into custody Thursday without incident following an investigation by the Harford County Sheriff’s Office, said Cristie Hopkins, a department spokesperson.
The sheriff’s office said investigators “believe Oxendine may have committed similar offenses beyond the incident that led to his arrest” and were working to identify any additional incidents in which he may have been involved.
Oxendine was ordered held without bail by a judge Friday afternoon. Harford State’s Attorney Alison Healey told reporters after the hearing that she will personally prosecute the case.
The alleged victim contacted Harford authorities June 3 and said she was involved in a domestic violence incident and asked the officer for a ride home to Edgewood.
The woman told Harford investigators that after Oxendine dropped her and her son off, he returned. The Baltimore City officer told her that he needed to enter the apartment to make sure it was safe and have her son leave, police wrote in charging documents.
Once inside, the officer demanded that she perform a sex act on him and raped her, police wrote in charging documents. Though the alleged victim did not know the officer’s name, Oxendine had responded to the domestic violence call in the city and received permission to drive her to Harford.
Cameras showed the patrol vehicle assigned to Oxendine outside the victim’s address for about 40 minutes.
Oxendine told sheriff’s investigators that he had been inside the home for about 10 to 15 minutes to “finish their conversation,” police said. He told them that he and the woman had no physical contact at her home. When informed that she had reported that he raped her, he said she had provided him with information about crimes and was “probably worried he would use the information and she would somehow get in trouble,” police said.
On Wednesday, Harford authorities received confirmation that DNA recovered from the alleged victim’s body matched that of Oxendine.
Oxendine, who court records say is a married father of four, is charged with two counts each of first- and second-degree rape and two counts of law enforcement sex act with a victim or witness of an investigation, Hopkins said.
Salary records show that Oxendine has been a city police officer since 2017. It was not clear whether he had an attorney.
Baltimore Police said Oxendine was working in the Northeastern District at the time of the alleged sexual assault. He was suspended this summer and is now suspended without pay after being criminally charged.
“While the Harford County Sheriff’s Office conducts its investigation, BPD is fully cooperating with the investigation,” chief spokesperson Lindsey Eldridge said.
This story has been updated.