A complaint alleges that Thomas A. Gorman, 37, tried to disarm an on-duty officer during an altercation.
HADDON TWP. -- An Audubon police officer was charged with trying to disarm another officer in an incident reported in the township last week.
A criminal complaint issued Thursday charged Thomas A. Gorman, 37, of Haddon Township, with one count of knowingly taking or attempting to exercise unlawful control over a firearm or other weapon in the possession of a law enforcement officer, a second-degree crime.
The unnamed Audubon officer responded to the home for another unspecified incident. The complaint alleges that Gorman tried to disarm the officer, and the gun fired during an altercation between the two.
The document did not say why an Audubon police officer responded to the home in Haddon Township, which is owned by Gorman and his wife, according to tax records.
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Gorman's bail was listed as 10 percent of $50,000, according to the complaint.
The prosecutor's office declined to provide additional details of the incident and could not provide Gorman's custody status Tuesday.
The complaint notes that "there is articulable reason to believe the subject is a danger to himself or others." Gorman is also banned from having contact with an unnamed victim.
A call made to Audubon Police Chief Thomas J. Tassi was not returned Tuesday.
Gorman's first appearance in court is scheduled for Oct. 1, at 8:45 a.m.
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