Atlanta officer charged with sexual assault

An Atlanta police officer has been arrested, facing multiple charges of sexual assault after a teen reported to Gwinnett County officials that she had been assaulted earlier in the morning by an off-duty officer, later identified as Anthony L. Anderson. The incident happened on August 2nd while the officer was responding to a car crash. The department's special victims unit said “Subsequent actions by Officer Anderson during and after his shift would lead to a criminal investigation led by Atlanta Police Department’s Special Victims Unit."