The Dallas Police Department said Charles, a senior corporal, has been with the department since September 2008.
Charles was booked into the DeSoto Jail on charges of driving while intoxicated and unlawful carrying of a weapon. His bail is set at $3,000, Cedar Hill police said.
In a separate incident Friday, Sr. Cpl. Thomas Hartmann turned himself in to the Denton County Sheriff s Department in connection with a March 6 offense, Dallas police said.
Aubrey police said they responded to a disturbance in the 9800 block of Lexington Drive in Providence Village, where police said Hartmann had assaulted his ex-girlfriend s boyfriend during a child custody exchange.
2 Dallas police officers arrested in unrelated incidents
One was booked Friday in connection with an alleged assault in Aubrey, while the other was jailed on DWI and unlawful carry counts after his arrest Saturday in Cedar HIll.
File photo.(Irwin Thompson / Staff Photographer)
Two Dallas police officers were arrested Friday and Saturday in unrelated incidents, the department announced.
Senior Cpl. Thomas Hartmann, who joined the department in January 2010, was charged with assault and tampering with a witness in connection with an unspecified incident that occurred March 6 in Aubrey.
Hartmann turned himself in to the Denton County Sheriff’s Office on Friday, the department said. He has since posted bond and been released.