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A professional misconduct case against a London police officer already facing 10 criminal charges alleges he interfered in a criminal probe involving a close friend, tried to arrange for the arrest of the man’s wife and ran unauthorized background checks on her.

Const. Steve Williams, 42, has been suspended with pay from the police force since November 2017 as he faces a mounting tally of criminal charges – including sexual assault, harassment and being unlawfully in a dwelling – for allegations involving ex-girlfriends.

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Three professional misconduct charges – neglect of duty and two counts of discreditable conduct – were announced against Williams on Monday, though no additional information about the case was released during a first-appearance conference call.

But documents obtained by The Free Press detail the allegations against Williams stemming from a Aug. 4, 2017, complaint to the Office of the Independent Police Review Director (OIPRD), a civilian agency that handles public complaints of police conduct in Ontario.

The complainant in the case was going through a separation from her husband, a longtime friend to Williams, and a custody dispute that resulted in multiple interactions with police, according to an OIPRD report to London police Chief John Pare.

After requesting Williams’ assistance in the situation, the complainant came to believe that he was “coaching” her husband and interfering in a police probe, the documents say.

The complainant was staying at a woman’s shelter on March 31, 2017, when police arrested her in the middle of the night for criminal harassment, the report says.

Following her release, police again showed up at the shelter to do a bail compliance check on her, believing she wasn’t obeying her conditions. But she wasn’t arrested after the officers learned that the computer records contained misinformation about her address, the documents say.

The complainant believed Williams orchestrated the bail check to get her re-arrested and cause her to lose custody of her child, the report says.

“Although Constable Williams denied having done so, the investigation found evidence to support the allegations. Specifically, Const. Williams did request a bail compliance check in a manner that was not in accordance with the correct LPS (London Police Service) procedure and failed to document his request to the constables,” the report alleges.