The department plans to suspend Frederick Allen without pay
A Baltimore grand jury indicted a city police officer on
Thursday on charges that he had a sexual relationship with a girl who was a
minor, according to a statement by the Baltimore State's Attorney's Office.
The indictment charges Frederick Allen with two counts of
sex abuse of a minor and a third degree sex offense for the sexual relationship
between June 2005 and September 2006.
The officer has not
been arrested and no arraignment date has been set, the statement said.
"Fred Allen's alleged actions are shameful and do a
great disservice to the hard work of the men and women of the Baltimore Police
Department," said Baltimore City Police Commissioner Anthony Batts, in a
statement.
The state's attorney's office would not release any other
details about the charges and did not answer questions about whether the
alleged abuse occurred while Allen was on duty. The indictment said that Allen
was supervising the minor when the abuse occurred.
Police officials said the department has moved to suspend
Allen without pay.