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Police in Kalamazoo, Mich., say a Chicago police lieutenant has been arrested and charged with the sexual assault of a gas station attendant.
Sgt. Paul Erlandson, of the Kalamazoo Police Department, said 41-year-old Denis Patrick Walsh, of Chicago, was arrested on Aug. 26 and charged with second-degree criminal sexual conduct.
According to police, Walsh was intoxicated when he allegedly assaulted a gas station clerk at a service station on Aug. 17 at 2:40 a.m.
The 28-year-old clerk called police.
After an investigation of the incident, Walsh was contacted and turned himself into police.
He was arrested and charged and later released on a $1000 personal recognizance bond. If convicted, he faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted.
Walsh was honored for heroism on the Chicago police force in 1997.