Officer suspended after being charged with assault in domestic-related incident.
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Version 0 of 1. A Prince George’s County Police officer was suspended over the weekend after he was charged with two counts of second-degree assault in a domestic-related incident. Police were called to a home on Rose View Court in Upper Marlboro on Feb. 26 where the mother of Officer Bashua Olaseha’s 7-month old son alleged that he attempted to take the child from her home without her permission, according to charging documents. Olaseha, who was off-duty at the time, put the child in his car and attempted to leave, charging documents state. Olaseha, 29, punched the woman in the stomach before she was able to remove the child from the car, court documents state. As the woman fled carrying the boy in her arms, Olaseha pushed her, and both the mother and child fell to the ground, police said. The woman was taken to the hospital for cuts and bruises and released, police said. She had filed a protective order against Olaseha the day before. The department said it is conducting an internal investigation and has suspended Olaseha’s police powers. Olaseha is a patrol officer and has worked for the department for three years. |