{"id":249626,"date":"2026-07-22T19:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T19:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/249626\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T19:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T19:16:08","slug":"pennsylvania-officer-charged-for-inappropriate-contact-with-handcuffed-woman-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/249626\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania officer charged for “inappropriate” contact with handcuffed woman, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Pennsylvania police officer is facing charges after investigators said he took off his body-worn camera while on duty, went to a woman’s apartment and used his handcuffs for “inappropriate and unlawful contact” with her.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pennsylvania State Police on Wednesday announced misdemeanor counts of official oppression and false imprisonment as well as summary counts of harassment and disorderly conduct against 36-year-old Cambria Township Police Department officer Walter Joseph Maul Jr.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Troopers said in May, the Cambria Township Police Department requested an investigation into Maul, who was on duty at the time of the allegations.\u00a0<\/p>\n

State police said investigators learned that on May 16, around 8:30 p.m., Maul, who was on duty and in full uniform, visited “an adult female acquaintance” at her apartment in Ebensburg after texting her earlier in the day. Maul took off his body-worn camera and left it in his patrol vehicle before he went inside, police said.<\/p>\n

The woman let Maul into her apartment, and once inside, troopers said Maul had “inappropriate and unlawful contact” with the woman, including handcuffing her.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After Maul was interviewed, police said the Cambria County District Attorney’s Office approved charges against him.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pennsylvania State Police did not comment on Maul’s employment status, saying that was a question for the Cambria Township Police Department.<\/p>\n

Anyone with additional information is asked to contact the investigating officer, Corporal Jesse Dumm, at Pennsylvania State Police’s Ebensburg station at 814-472-1653.<\/p>\n

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