Pentagon officer arrested on murder charges faces new allegation of assaulting woman

A Defense Department police officer who was arrested on murder charges last week was accused Saturday of assault in a separate case.

The officer, David Dixon, faces charges of first- and second-degree assault and using a firearm while committing a felony or violent crime, police in Takoma Park, Maryland, said in a statement.

The allegations stem from an incident at a condominium complex in Takoma Park, a suburb of Washington, D.C., on May 6, when Dixon is alleged to have assaulted a woman with a long gun, the police department said. It did not identify the woman.

Dixon told police that he pepper-sprayed the woman after she assaulted him, the police department said. Neither Dixon nor the woman mentioned the gun to responding officers, and the police department said there was no evidence at the time that suggested that he displayed the weapon.