Abuse charges don't stick for most cops

ELEVEN OF THE 164 Philadelphia police officers accused of domestic abuse since 2011 - or fewer than 7 percent - were fired and criminally charged, according to the Police Department. Of those, just three have been convicted, and half are back on the job.

Here's the list:

*  James Graber Jr., an 11-year veteran assigned to the bomb-disposal unit, was arrested after he allegedly punched his ex-wife in the face in a Mayfair pub in February 2011. At his ex-wife's request, Graber entered and completed a diversion program. He returned to the force.

*  Howard Lomax, a 17-year veteran stationed in Center City, was accused of assaulting two women - his live-in girlfriend and his ex-wife - within four days in April 2011. In the first case, he allegedly punched his girlfriend in the face and stomach and kicked her in the groin. Four days later, he visited his ex-wife's home asking to get back together. When she refused, he allegedly punched her in the jaw. Prosecutors withdrew the charges in both cases (one for unspecified reasons, one for a no-show witness). Lomax remains off the force.

*  Sean Jang, a four-year veteran assigned to West Philly's 18th District, was arrested in 2011 after his ex-girlfriend told police he repeatedly choked, slapped and punched her and physically restrained her from leaving her Center City apartment in August 2011. Prosecutors withdrew charges in May 2012 for unspecified reasons. He returned to the force.

*  John Mouzon, a 16-year veteran assigned to narcotics, was accused of punching his girlfriend repeatedly and bashing her head against a car windshield in August 2011. She suffered cuts to her head, arms, legs and fingers that required medical treatment. Prosecutors withdrew charges in February 2012 for unspecified reasons. He returned to the force.

*  Darryl Cathey, a two-year veteran assigned to Southwest Philadelphia's 12th District, was charged in 2011 with robbery, assault and other offenses related to an incident involving his ex-girlfriend. Prosecutors withdrew charges because the victim failed to appear in court four times. He is back on the force.

*  Dwayne Carter, a four-year veteran assigned to North Philadelphia's 22nd District, allegedly attacked his wife in January 2012 during an argument about dinner in their Kingsessing home. The woman told police Carter choked her repeatedly and threw her to the floor. She said it was the second time he had physically assaulted her. He was fired, arrested and sentenced to probation and anger-management counseling after pleading guilty in June 2013 to simple assault and reckless endangerment.

*  Ricardo Gonzalez, a 14-year veteran assigned to Center City's 9th District, was arrested for allegedly assaulting his wife in front of their four young children. In that March 2012 incident, the wife told police that Gonzalez snapped when she asked him to leave, put his hands around her neck, pushed her into a closet, twisted her arm, threw her onto their bed and laid atop her, threatening to sexually assault her and "kill her and put her in a trash bag." When she said she'd call police, he allegedly urged her to do it, saying, "The cops are not going to do anything." The assault ended when the wife's cellphone rang. The wife also told police that Gonzalez had previously threatened to kill her and the kids if she left him, and that he frequently left his guns within the kids' reach, saying: "The kids have to learn not to touch." A jury in July found Gonzalez guilty of simple assault. Sentencing is set for Sept. 26.

*  John W. Hargraves, a 17-year veteran assigned to West Philly's 16th District, was accused of choking and repeatedly punching his wife in April 2012 in their West Philadelphia home. The alleged incident left the woman, also a Philly cop, with injuries that required hospital treatment. Hargraves was charged with aggravated assault and related offenses. A jury in January found him not guilty. He has not returned to the job.

*  James Timms, a 14-year veteran assigned to Ogontz's 35th District, allegedly repeatedly punched his wife, also a Philly cop, and slammed her head into the floor before firing his wife's service weapon at the ceiling and threatening suicide in January 2013. He faces a Dec. 8 trial on charges of aggravated and simple assault, terroristic threats and reckless endangerment.

* Pharez Morris, a six-year veteran stationed in the 35th District, was accused of firing his gun 13 times at a Logan apartment building in October 2012 to get his girlfriend to let him in, and then falsely reporting a shooting a few blocks away to throw off officers responding to the gunfire. He was found guilty of reckless endangerment and possessing an instrument of crime in April, sentenced to probation and anger management counseling and ordered to surrender his guns.

* Marques Newsome, a 16-year veteran and a lieutenant assigned to Olney's 35th District, allegedly pinned his girlfriend to a couch and repeatedly punched her, fracturing her nose, in October 2013. Prosecutors withdrew charges in March because the witness failed to appear. He returned to the force.

Sources: Philadelphia Police

Department, court records, city

payroll records, Philadelphia

District Attorney's Office.