{"id":4183,"date":"2014-02-09T17:34:54","date_gmt":"2014-02-09T22:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=4183"},"modified":"2014-02-09T17:37:14","modified_gmt":"2014-02-09T22:37:14","slug":"downingtown-officer-arrested-at-philly-strip-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=4183","title":{"rendered":"Downingtown officer arrested at Philly strip club"},"content":{"rendered":"

Police chief says Scott Neuhaus immediately placed on administrative leave<\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n
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By Kathleen Brady Shea<\/strong><\/span>,\u00a0Managing Editor, The Times<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Officer Scott Neuhaus<\/p><\/div>\n

A Downingtown police officer was placed on administrative leave following his arrest on Saturday by Philadelphia Police at a downtown strip club, \u00a0authorities said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Downingtown Police Chief James R. McGowan said he was notified by Philadelphia Police about 2:30 a.m. on Saturday that Officer Scott A. Neuhaus had been involved in a domestic assault and resisted arrest at Delilah\u2019s. McGowan said he apologized to the Philadelphia lieutenant with whom he spoke, telling him that \u201cthis is not how the Downingtown department operates and this is not representative of our officers or the values we instill.\u201d<\/p>\n

McGowan said Neuhaus, 40, a seven-year member of the department who worked previously for the Coatesville Police Department, will continue to be paid; however, his electronic access to all department materials has been curtailed. McGowan said Neuhaus\u2019s gun was returned to the department by Philadelphia Police, who confiscated it. \u201cHe\u2019s entitled to due process,\u201d McGowan said of Neuhaus, \u00a0who began working in the fall as the school resource officer for the Downingtown district. \u201cAnd he\u2019ll get it.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to court records, Neuhaus was charged with disorderly conduct with obscene language or gesture, a summary offense. A hearing in Philadelphia is scheduled for Feb. 24, records said.<\/p>\n

McGowan said that the department would conduct an internal investigation and that Neuhaus would have an opportunity to defend himself. A decision on Neuhaus\u2019s future with the department will ultimately rest with Borough Council, McGowan said, explaining that he will make a recommendation based on the results of the investigation.<\/p>\n

According to its website, Delilah\u2019s bills itself as a \u201cgentlemen\u2019s club and steakhouse.\u201d It boasts\u00a0being \u201ca premiere destination for business travelers, celebrities, and uninhibited Philadelphians,\u201d with the world\u2019s \u201cmost beautiful showgirls, barmaids, servers, shot girls and masseuses.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Police chief says Scott Neuhaus immediately placed on administrative leave By Kathleen Brady Shea,\u00a0Managing Editor, The Times A Downingtown police officer was placed on administrative leave following his arrest on Saturday by Philadelphia Police at a downtown strip club, \u00a0authorities said. Downingtown Police Chief James R. McGowan said he was notified by Philadelphia Police about […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1543,2783,2784,2785,2786,2787],"class_list":["post-4183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-coatesville-police-department","tag-delilahs","tag-downingtown-police-chief-james-r-mcgowan","tag-downingtown-police-department","tag-officer-scott-a-neuhaus","tag-philadelphia-police"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4183\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}