An Atlanta police officer already under investigation for drugs and child neglect has been arrested after allegedly exposing himself to a 19-year-old woman outside a Gwinnett County movie theater.
Christopher Todd Maddox was booked into the Gwinnett County Jail April 8 on a charge of public indecency, and released later that day on $5,700 bond.
Maddox allegedly exposed himself March 25 in the parking lot of the NCG Stone Mountain Cinema on Rockbridge Road, Gwinnett police said.
A theater employee told investigators that she was sitting in her car about 9:30 a.m. when a white sport utility vehicle parked next to her, according to a Gwinnett police incident report obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The victim told police that the SUV driver “got her attention” and looked like he was trying to ask her something, so she rolled down her window and looked into the man’s vehicle and asked what he needed. At that moment, the man propositioned the victim and exposed himself, according to the incident report, which also notes that the woman’s account was confirmed by surveillance video of the parking lot.
The woman rolled her window back up, and the suspect drove away, but not before the victim got the SUV’s tag number.
Atlanta police began investigating Maddox following a Sept. 4, 2014, child neglect call at the Hollywood Road apartment where he was living with his two children. Maddox’s mother-in-law called police to the apartment, saying she was concerned about her grandchildren, Channel 2 Action News reported.
When police arrived, they found the children, ages 2 and 4, living in deplorable conditions with human waste on the walls, windows and smeared on the carpet, Channel 2 reported.
A search of the home turned up drug paraphernalia and suspected drug residue, according to the station.
Atlanta police put Maddox on paid administrative leave following the September incident.
Atlanta police spokesman Ralph Woolfolk said he could not comment on Maddox’s recent arrest in Gwinnett County, but said the investigation of Maddox by APD’s Office of Professional Standards remains open.
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