Three hours ago, the Chester County District Attorney released the following on it’s social media feeds:

NEWS RELEASE: LOCAL POLICE OFFICER ARRESTED

The Chester County District Attorney’s Office announces the arrest of David Maurer, 55, for taking controlled substances for personal use from a medication collection box on November 20, 2024 (the Defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty). Maurer was charged with Possession of Controlled Substances and Theft by Unlawful Taking. Maurer, who was employed as a Detective Sergeant for the West Goshen Township Police Department, was arrested today and arraigned by Magisterial District Judge Martin Goch. Maurer was released on his own recognizance.

On November 20, 2024, Maurer was working as a law enforcement officer and tasked with emptying medication collection boxes located in the West Goshen Township Police Department and Chester County Hospital. The medication collection boxes are a part of a county program designed for the community to safely discard unwanted medication. After Maurer emptied the drop boxes, he removed several pill bottles containing controlled substances and retained them in his personal possession instead of delivering them to the collection site for safe disposal.

If you have any information about this case, please contact the Chester County Detectives at 610-344-6866.

West Goshen Police Department released the following statement two hours ago:

West Goshen Police department acknowledges the incident and arrest and informs everyone that Sergeant David Maurer was placed on administrative leave pending an investigation. There is no indication if this is paid or unpaid leave.

Look, this arrest is something I find profoundly disturbing and really sad. I guess I am just sort of incredulous that this happened. Law enforcement is human, and I am reminding even myself of that right now. Who knows why this happened. He is indeed innocent until proven guilty. Why I am having a hard time reconciling this in my head is because I did some research on some high profile cases he has bought home.

An ABC affiliate in Harrisburg picked it up already:

CHESTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — A Pennsylvania police officer was arrested Thursday after officials say he stole drugs from a medication collection box while he was on duty.

The Chester County District Attorney’s Office said in a news release on Thursday that David Maurer, 55, stole the drugs while he was emptying the boxes on Wednesday at a police department and hospital.

Maurer kept pill bottles that had controlled substances inside them after he emptied the boxes out instead of taking them to the collection site for disposal, the DA’s office says.

Suicide rates for those in blue is about 184 per year as if 2024. Given the career of this man, which has been really kind of good, is there more to this story and will he be offered support? Seriously, if you search his name on the Internet, he is a closer. If you were going to profile him based on his case work, this doesn’t compute. If you ask other PD who have come in contact with him over the years, they will tell you he is good police. I do not know, nor have I ever met this man. But if you look at his body of work, my opinion is it seems out of character.

That’s all I have got. Is West Goshen under a curse? How will those supervisors handle this?

Have a good evening.