LANDOVER, Md. (AP) - A police officer in Maryland was accused of giving confidential information about a case to a prostitute he was paying to engage in sexual acts with him, officials said.
Prince George’s County Cpl. Ivan Mendez was indicted by a grand jury on a misconduct charge Tuesday, Prince George’s County Police Department said in a news release. Police said the information Mendez provided to the prostitute related to an on-going police investigation.
The indictment comes more than a year after another officer was made aware of the allegations against Mendez and notified the department’s Internal Affairs Division to look into the accusations, Prince George’s Interim Police Chief Hector Velez said in the release.
Mendez was subsequently suspended and the investigation was turned over to the State’s Attorney’s Office, Velez added. Mendez had joined the police department in 2009, and worked in their Bureau of Investigation before he was suspended.
It was not immediately clear if he had a lawyer who could comment on his behalf.
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