Baltimore police arrest security guard on charges of impersonating officer, rape
By: Jessica Anderson, The Baltimore Sun
BALTIMORE — A hospital security guard has been charged with impersonating a police officer and raping a woman in Baltimore earlier this month.
Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison announced the arrest of Richard Stephen Barnes, 50 of Baltimore, a guard at the University of Maryland R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, during a news conference early Tuesday evening at police headquarters. The case has roiled the department for weeks and prompted Baltimore detectives to pull 120 white patrol cars from service as they searched for a vehicle matching the one described by the victim.
The victim told police she believed she was assaulted by a person in police uniform and driving a police vehicle, Harrison said.
