Retired Garden Grove Officer Charged with Attacking 2 Women

Ex-Garden Grove police sergeant kidnapped, assaulted coworker, prosecutor says

Former Garden Grove Police Sgt. Charles Starnes II was arrested after being charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting two coworkers, DA says.

Retired Garden Grove Officer Charged with Attacking 2 Women

A retired Garden Grove police sergeant pleaded not guilty Friday to sexually assaulting two women in separate cases. Charles William Starnes III was charged Oct. 16 with a count of kidnapping to commit a sex offense, sexual penetration by foreign object, sexual penetration with an intoxicating substance and assault with the intent to commit a sex offense, all felonies. Starnes was arrested on a warrant Thursday and pleaded not guilty Friday in t…

Former Garden Grove sergeant charged with kidnapping, sexual assault

Prosecutors said Starnes dragged the woman out of the bar and into the parking lot, where he continued the assault until two other officers intervened.

Former GGPD Sgt. is arrested on multiple sex crime charges

Charles “Chuck” Starnes, a former sergeant with the Garden Grove Police Department, has been charged with sexually assaulting two employees in separate incidents. According to the GGPD, Starnes, 52, retired while under investigation for allegations of sexual harassment. The Orange County District Attorney charged Starnes on Oct. 16 with one felony count of kidnapping to…