July 3, 2007 Tuesday
Gee, do you suppose they fired him over this?
Fairfax Officer Accused of Threatening Ex-Girlfriend
Washington Post Staff Writer
A Fairfax County police officer was charged yesterday with
assault and burglary for allegedly breaking into an ex-girlfriend's house and
threatening her, Montgomery County police said.
Richard L. Streeter, 24, of Fairfax was arrested yesterday
after an altercation Thursday with his ex-girlfriend at her Bethesda area home,
according to police and court records.
Streeter, who has been on the force since August 2004, has
been suspended without pay, Fairfax police spokeswoman Mary Ann Jennings said.
Streeter was transported to Montgomery yesterday afternoon and was being
interviewed by detectives last night. He was also charged with stalking and
misuse of a telephone. It is unclear whether he has retained an attorney. A
bond hearing is expected today.
His ex-girlfriend, Laurie M. Mavica, 21, walked into a
Montgomery police station after he pursued her relentlessly following their
breakup after a four-month relationship, according to a complaint Mavica wrote
in a petition for a restraining order. The petition provides the following
account:
The pair severed ties June 25. On Wednesday, Streeter called
Mavica numerous times, but she didn't answer. That night she and another
ex-boyfriend fell asleep at her house while watching a movie. About 6:30 the
next morning, Streeter "broke into my house and stormed upstairs,"
Mavica wrote.
"Rick started yelling at me saying he couldn't believe
what he saw," Mavica wrote.
Streeter left but returned and demanded that the other
ex-boyfriend leave so he and Mavica could talk, Mavica said in the petition.
Montgomery police said Streeter physically assaulted her when he returned.
Mavica wrote in the complaint that she "kept telling
him to get out and that he was acting crazy," and he responded, "If I
were crazy I would have shot you both."
"At this point I feel it is important to state that
Rick is a police officer [with] Fairfax County," Mavica wrote, adding that
he was wearing part of his uniform and had his firearm strapped on. He didn't
have keys to the house, she said.
Streeter left but attempted to contact her by calling her
cellphone and sending a flurry of text messages.
Mavica said one of the text messages said: "pick up
your phone. 25 cent texts add up quick and I'll send 1,000 today."
On Friday, Mavica said, she found Streeter sitting in front
of her car. When she attempted to leave, he began to follow her. She called 911
and drove to a police station, she said.
A District Court commissioner approved the temporary
restraining order Friday barring Streeter from going to her house in the 4900
block of Berkley Street and to American University. It was not immediately
clear why he was prohibited from going to the university.
The two were scheduled to appear before a District Court
judge today for a hearing on the order.