Seattle police officer charged with drug possession
Feb 22, 2017, 2:50 PM
Seattle police officer Robert Marlow has been charged with drug possession and computer trespass. (KIRO 7)
(KIRO 7)
A longtime Seattle police officer has been charged with illegal drug possession in connection with a strip-club dancer and computer trespass for providing confidential crime victim information to a local TV news anchor.
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The charges were filed last month against 47-year-old Robert Marlow after an investigation by Seattle police detectives and the FBI’s Public Corruption Squad. Marlow came under investigation as a result of a probe of the Dancing Bare strip club in North Seattle.
Seattle police officer, drugs and confidential information
Court documents say Marlow was romantically involved with a dancer and shared drugs with her.
Probable cause documents say Marlow also gave private information about crime victims to Q13 Anchor David Rose, including phone numbers. The information came from a restricted police department database.
Rose told investigators he then contacted those victims about stories.
Marlow’s lawyer Nelson Lee says Marlow plans to plead guilty to gross misdemeanors under amended charges next week.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
