It was a salacious and sordid tale that has cost a high-ranking official his job at the Bensalem Police Department. For many, he is the last person you would expect to commit a serious sex.
Michael Marren is not your ordinary defendant. He was the sergeant who headed the Special Victims Unit of the Bensalem Police Department. That's the unit that investigates sex crimes. Now Marren is accused of some very serious sex crimes.
Marren is accused of raping a 23-year-old member of the Bensalem Rescue Squad on March 9th following a night of drinking at a local bar. Apparently, members had gathered to mourn the loss of a fellow employee.
According to an affidavit of probable cause, Marren sexually assaulted the woman in a restroom of the rescue squad's building despite her pleas that this was not a good idea, that he was drunk and that he should think about his wife.
After the assault, the report states, Marren told the victim "I hope you are O.K, because I have a really good lawyer." Fellow squad members found the alleged victim crying.
Marren did not open the door when Action News went to his home to get his side of the story. But he previously told investigators that it was the woman who made sexual advances toward him, and that he rebuffed her actions.
Marren has been terminated from the Bensalem Police Department in the wake of the investigation by Bucks County detectives.
Marren was released from jail after posting 10% of his $100,000 dollar bail. He has a preliminary hearing set for 9am on April 27th before District Judge Leonard Brown.
