Prince George’s County Officer Pointed Gun At Driver In Annapolis Road Rage Incident, Police Say

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — A Prince George’s County serviceman was arrested and removed from work aft helium was accused of pointing his department-issued weapon astatine different driver, authorities said Thursday.

Cpl. James Thornley, an 18-year bureau veteran, was suspended without wage and is the taxable of an interior probe aft his apprehension Wednesday successful Annapolis, according to the Prince George’s County Police Department. Thornley faces transgression charges including battle and the usage of a firearm.

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The apprehension stems from an incidental reported Aug. 26. Police said Thornley was off-duty but inactive successful azygous and driving his idiosyncratic conveyance location from enactment that greeting erstwhile helium allegedly pulled his weapon connected a chap operator successful Annapolis. No 1 was wounded during the incident.

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Additional details astir the incidental weren’t instantly wide Thursday.

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Thornley, who joined the section successful 2003, was assigned to patrol duties.

CBS Baltimore Staff