Crime

Dallas police officer arrested on second child sex assault warrant, department says

A year after a Dallas police officer was arrested in a sexual assault of a child case, he was on Tuesday booked into jail on suspicion of the same crime.

Tyrone Williams, 49, has been on administrative leave since his arrest in on June 14, 2021, the Dallas Police Department said.

Other victims were identified on June 21, 2021, police said.

The department’s Public Integrity Unit on Tuesday obtained a second sexual assault of a child arrest warrant for Williams. He was arrested and taken to the Dallas County Jail.

Williams remains on leave. An administrative investigation is incomplete.

Williams has been employed by the department since March 2009 and assigned to the South Central Patrol Division, police have said.

This story was originally published May 17, 2022 at 6:43 PM.

Emerson Clarridge
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Emerson Clarridge covers crime and other breaking news for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He works days and reports on law enforcement affairs in Tarrant County. He previously was a reporter at the Omaha World-Herald and the Observer-Dispatch in Utica, New York.
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