Trial set for ex-officer charged in Pa. sex assault

PENNDEL, Pa. (AP) — A former police sergeant who led a sex crimes unit in suburban Philadelphia has been ordered to stand trial on sexual assault charges.

Forty-one-year-old Michael Marren is charged in the alleged March 9 assault at the Bensalem Rescue Squad headquarters building. He has been fired from the Bensalem Police Department.

A woman testified Wednesday that Marren assaulted her in the bathroom of the squad building despite her efforts to dissuade him.

Jack McMahon, Marren’s attorney, says the act was consensual.

Marren is charged with involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, a felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison.

He will be arraigned July 9 at Bucks County Court in Doylestown. He remains free on $100,000 bail.