<p>ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, Md. (WJLA) &#8211; A Prince George&#8217;s County police officer arrested last year after <a href="http://www.wjla.com/articles/2013/11/john-warhurst-arrested-and-charged-with-sex-assault-96502.html">being charged with multiple sex offenses</a> and other crimes was found dead of an apparent suicide Friday.</p>
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<p id="continue">The body of John Warhurst, a 21-year veteran of the Prince George&#8217;s County Police Department, was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound near Bayard and Sands roads in Anne Arundel County.</p>
<p>Warhurst was arrested in November of 2013 and charged with more than a dozen sex offenses and other crimes, including second-degree rape and a sex offense involving a child. He retired from the police force after being charged.</p>
<p>Warhurst&#8217;s trial was due to start on Oct. 28.</p>
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