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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Dormont, PA) Sources recently told WPXI that a Pittsburgh police officer is off of his job after he was charged with assault. Police arrested thirty-four-year-old Officer Adam Germeyer along Eastmont Street in Dormont on Sunday morning. Germeyer, who is now on leave, is accused of pushing his wife to the ground and causing her to cut her chin. According to police, the wife of Germeyer had tried to drive off with their children after a night out. Germeyer stated to officers he knew that his wife had been drinking and he tried to stop her from driving with the kids.