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Police officer charged with assault

A Philadelphia police officer has been charged with assault, reckless endangerment and conspiracy in connection with a February 2010 fight involving his girlfriend and three other women.

Officer Anthony Alexander was arrested Oct. 27 and suspended from the police force.

He will be fired after a mandatory 30-day suspension, the department’s media relations office said in a printed statement.

On Feb. 11, 2010, Alexander and his girlfriend — whose name was not released — were on the 600 block of Edison Ave. in Somerton when they became involved in a verbal and physical altercation with three other women.

The police department’s internal affairs bureau and the district attorney’s office investigated the case.

Alexander is free on $2,000 bail and is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on Nov. 29. ••

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