The Oakland police department, already reeling from a sex scandal involving several of its officers, announced Thursday that another officer was arrested and charged with soliciting prostitution and obstruction of justice charges in an unrelated case. Oakland police said they arrested Ryan Walterhouse, 26, Wednesday night when he reported to work. “Not yet, they still out, probably after 12.”The Alameda County district attorney’s office charged Walterhouse with two felony obstruction charges and a misdemeanor count of soliciting a prostitute. Lois said Walterhouse’s arrest was unrelated to the ongoing sex scandal involving the teenage daughter of a department dispatcher. Three police chiefs and four officers have been fired or quit the department since the sex scandal became public in June.

Source: The Guardian October 21, 2016 03:22 UTC