Fourth Baltimore County officer charged in connection with September pepper-spraying of suspect

A Baltimore City grand jury indicted a fourth Baltimore County police officer earlier this month on charges related to a September encounter in which an officer pepper-sprayed a handcuffed suspect in the face and grabbed him by his hair.

Officer Thomas Desmond, 34, was indicted April 11 on one count of misconduct in office, the same charge facing county officers Justin Graham-Moore, 24, and Jacob Roos, 28. Desmond is due in court May 20, according to online court records.

All three are accused of failing to intervene when Cpl.