A Harrisburg police officer has pleaded guilty in York County to a summary charge of harassment after a domestic incident last year against another police officer.

McGowan, 33, pleaded guilty to the citation Feb. 14 in connection with the Nov. 17 incident that occurred off-duty at a home in Conewago Township in York County. He paid $308 in fines.

He was accused of grabbing another police officer, whom he had been dating, by her neck and pushing her into a door during an argument, causing her to hit her head. He also allegedly grabbed her arm.

Police originally cited him with a summary charge of harassment Dec. 3, and McGowan pleaded not guilty. A trial date was set in January

But that charge was dropped on Dec. 23 by the district attorney’s office, because the county wanted to do its own independent investigation.

After the county’s investigation, the district attorney’s office filed the same summary charge on Feb. 4. This time, McGowan did not ask for a trial and instead pleaded guilty.

The female police officer who reported the domestic incident has since left the Harrisburg Police Department to join another law enforcement agency.

McGowan was suspended from his job, with pay, for a short time immediately after the charge was filed while police conducted an internal investigation. He later was moved to desk duty. It’s unclear what his status will be after his guilty plea.

The conviction is unlikely to affect McGowan’s certification as a police officer. The state’s commission that regulates police certifications only take action against police officers in the cases of a felony or serious misdemeanor or if an officer is deemed physically or mentally unfit for duty.

Ten years prior to this charge against McGowan, he was previously accepted into the state’s Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition program after being charged with misdemeanor simple assault.

He was accused of beating a fellow York College student in 2007. The victim suffered a concussion, black eye, bruises and facial fractures in the assault, according to police. A jury could not reach a verdict in a July 2008 simple assault trial.

At the time, McGowan’s attorney said his client wanted to get into the ARD program so he could have a clean criminal record and become a police officer. He was completing a degree in criminal justice at York College when he was charged with assault.

McGowan was honored last year for extraordinary bravery for shooting Ahmed El-Mofty in 2017. El-Mofty had fired several shots at officers and troopers near the Capitol before McGowan killed him during an exchange of gunfire.

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