“It’s becoming a disturbingly familiar scene
in America - mentally unstable cops”
A Philadelphia
police officer charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in a Bucks
County motel was released from custody Friday after posting $50,000 bail.
Anthony Dattilo,
36, a seven-year veteran of the force, also was suspended for 30 days with the
intent to dismiss by Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey.
Police
investigating the possible abduction of a 14-year-old girl found Dattilo with
the teenager and a 21-year-old woman in a room at the Lincoln Motel on Lincoln
Highway in Bensalem Township about 12:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Police have
alleged the woman called Dattilo to arrange a get together and that she brought
the girl, who is her cousin, after Dattilo offered the pair $100 each to have
with sex with him.
He had sex with
the woman in front of the girl in the motel room and was naked and fondling the
girl when police knocked on the door, according to the criminal complaint.
The two officers,
members of the Special Victims Unit, heard the girl crying, the complaint said.
After dressing and washing his hands, Dattilo opened the door and told the
investigators he was an officer assigned to Philadelphia’s Second District in
Northeast Philadelphia.
Police said the
woman and the girl met Dattilo in North Philadelphia and he drove them to
Bensalem.
During the ride,
the girl texted family members saying she being held against her will, police
said. They alerted authorities to her location.
Dattilo, of the
7200 block of Gillespie Street in the Tacony section, was charged with a dozen
offenses, including aggravated sexual assault, promoting prostitution, unlawful
contact with a minor and corruption of minors.
His bail was set
at $500,000 Thursday and, after spending a night in jail, he was released
Friday after posting the required 10 percent.
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