PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A now-former West Goshen Township police officer has been charged with strangling a person and then driving under the influence.
According to court documents obtained by our partners at NBC10, someone called police on Sunday, Nov. 8 to report 57-year-old Michael Meredith had hit them in the face, climbed on top of them, and put pressure on their neck.
Police said they later found Meredith sitting in the driver’s seat of a car, smelling like alcohol.
The Chester County District Attorney’s Office confirmed to NBC10 that Meredith used to work for the West Goshen Police Department.
The District Attorney’s office didn’t say when Meredith left the department.
Meredith is in jail on $100,000 bail. He has a preliminary hearing on Nov. 20.
