Cop Charged With Rape Fired Fired By Waterford Township

TROY, MI — The Waterford Township Police Department has fired one of its own. Brendon Moquin was charged Wednesday by the Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office with felony criminal sexual conduct and one count of misdemeanor domestic violence.

Waterford Police Chief Scott Underwood told CBS Detroit Television that the department found out about the incident Monday night. A subsequent investigation led to the charges and to the firing. Moquin, a three-year veteran of the Waterford Township Police Department, was arraigned in Oakland County Circuit Court and his bond set at $25,000.

A probable cause hearing is set for April 12 at the circuit court. If convicted, Moquin faces up to 15 years in prison on the third-degree criminal sexual conduct charge and 93 days on the misdemeanor domestic violence charge.

Photo courtesy of the Waterford Township Police Department