Baltimore Detective Accused Of Stiffing Strip Club On Bar Tab, Shoving Officer

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A Baltimore detective is accused of assaulting different serviceman aft refusing to wage his tab astatine a portion nine connected The Block implicit the weekend.

Det. Robert Burns, 49, was arrested aboriginal Sunday greeting connected charges of second-degree assault, theft and malicious destruction, according to tribunal records obtained by WJZ.

The charges stem from an incidental reported soon aft midnight Sunday astatine Chez Joey connected East Baltimore Street.

Officers were called to the constitution due to the fact that 2 patrons refused to wage their tabs, each of which totaled much than $550.

Police said the 2 men, Det. Burns and retired serviceman Bryan Hake, seemed intoxicated and resisted efforts to settee their measure oregon place themselves.

According to charging documents, Burns grew much upset with time, trying repeatedly to unit his mode retired of the nine and ripping an officer’s overgarment astatine 1 point.

“Get retired of my face, I volition destruct each of you!” Burns told the officers, according to the charging documents.

Police said Burns was unfazed by efforts to get him to obey an officer’s commands, including the menace of being stunned with a stun weapon oregon arrested if helium near the concern without paying.

“I’m calling your bluff,” the 49-year-old allegedly told a lieutenant earlier helium stepped extracurricular and was placed nether arrest.

Once successful custody, Burns was taken to Baltimore Police Headquarters for a enactment test. Then helium was transported to Central Booking.

Hake, the retired officer, handed implicit his ID aft the commotion. Court documents accidental charges volition beryllium sought for him later.

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