CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police have arrested one of their own. Officer Malcolm Joseph is charged with Simple Assault after police say he pushed someone off their bicycle on Friday, July 17 just after 2 AM. The person fell to the ground and sustained minor injuries.
CMPD says that after a “voluntary interview” with Officer Joseph, detectives got a warrant for his arrest. Joseph turned himself into the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office.
He is now on unpaid leave while the department conducts internal and criminal investigations simultaneously…