Crime & Safety
53-Year-Old Ex-Cop Accused of Sexually Abusing Teen
The former Markham officer brought the 16-year-old girl to his home and abused her over seven months, police said.
A former Markham Police officer has been charged after a Sheriff’s Police investigation found he sexually abused a teenage girl, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced Friday. His bail was set at $30,000 Friday at the Markham Courthouse.
Relatives of the victim initially contacted the Markham Police Department on May 31 after they suspected sexual activity between the victim, who is now 16, and the 53-year-old defendant, Charles D. Smith, Sr. Smith, of Markham, has been charged with the one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.
Because Smith is a former Markham Police Officer, the Markham Police Department requested that Sheriff’s Police investigate.
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Sheriff’s Police detectives learned that from November 2015 to May 2016, Smith had multiple sexual contacts with the victim, who is now 16, at his residence in Markham. Smith worked at the Markham Police Department from 2006 to 2010. He previously has worked as a police officer for the Robbins Police Department, and a fireman for the Robbins and Phoenix Fire
departments.
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