A veteran Harrisburg police officer is charged with stalking and harassment.VIDEO: Watch Porcha Johnson's reportCpl. Todd Chance has been on suspension since September when the allegations first arose.Chance has been on the police force since 2004.The charges of stalking and harassment stem from a failed relationship he had with a Harrisburg woman for a couple of years. Chance, who is married, had the relationship with the woman over a span of 10 years.District Attorney Ed Marsico announced the charges that will be filed against Chance when he is arraigned before a district justice Wednesday morning.Detectives from the DA’s criminal investigation division began an investigation when a woman filed a protection from abuse order in August after she claimed that she was attacked by Chance in late August.Since then Marsico said investigators found evidence Chance stalked and harassed the woman by communication.“He repeatedly texted her, called her, stalked her, and we allege harassed her during that period,” Marsico said. “It was threatening in nature the things he was saying and the things he was doing.”Chance was suspended from the force with pay in September.The allegations in the protection from abuse order from the victim included allegations she was sexually assaulted, but Marsico said that allegation is not included in the charges.“In a criminal matter we have to prove a case beyond a reasonable doubt, so we filed the charges that we believe the evidence exist to prove beyond a reasonable doubt,” Marsico said.Stalking and harassment by communication are misdemeanors in the first and third degree punishable by up to a combined six years in prison and the loss of his job as a police officer.Chance is currently suspended from the Harrisburg Police Department with pay. He was released from jail on $10,000 bail.

A veteran Harrisburg police officer is charged with stalking and harassment.

VIDEO: Watch Porcha Johnson's report


Cpl. Todd Chance has been on suspension since September when the allegations first arose.

Chance has been on the police force since 2004.

The charges of stalking and harassment stem from a failed relationship he had with a Harrisburg woman for a couple of years. Chance, who is married, had the relationship with the woman over a span of 10 years.

District Attorney Ed Marsico announced the charges that will be filed against Chance when he is arraigned before a district justice Wednesday morning.

Detectives from the DA’s criminal investigation division began an investigation when a woman filed a protection from abuse order in August after she claimed that she was attacked by Chance in late August.

Since then Marsico said investigators found evidence Chance stalked and harassed the woman by communication.

“He repeatedly texted her, called her, stalked her, and we allege harassed her during that period,” Marsico said. “It was threatening in nature the things he was saying and the things he was doing.”

Chance was suspended from the force with pay in September.

The allegations in the protection from abuse order from the victim included allegations she was sexually assaulted, but Marsico said that allegation is not included in the charges.

“In a criminal matter we have to prove a case beyond a reasonable doubt, so we filed the charges that we believe the evidence exist to prove beyond a reasonable doubt,” Marsico said.

Stalking and harassment by communication are misdemeanors in the first and third degree punishable by up to a combined six years in prison and the loss of his job as a police officer.

Chance is currently suspended from the Harrisburg Police Department with pay. He was released from jail on $10,000 bail.