Toronto Police Service charges constable with perjury, attempt to obstruct justice

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A Toronto police officer has been charged for allegedly lying to investigators probing a criminal case involving an individual he had a relationship with.

, the Toronto Police Service said earlier this week, it laid two counts of attempting to obstruct justice and one count of perjury on Const. Werton Maciel-Sampaio

TPS alleges that the 39-year-old officer began an inappropriate relationship with a civilian in Dec. 2020 during the course of his duties. Last June, Maciel-Sampaio allegedly gave investigators "false, misleading, or inaccurate information" about a criminal case involving the person he was in a relationship with.

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