A former California police sergeant is accused of turning on two feminine colleagues in a pair of disturbing sexual assaults, including allegedly dragging one officer out of a bar and attacking her in a car parking zone.

Charles “Chuck” William Starnes, III, 52, was arrested Oct. 29 by the US Marshals Service and charged with 4 felonies, including a number of counts of sexual assault and kidnapping, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office announced.

Police Sgt. Charles William Starnes II is pictured in this undated picture.

The alleged attacks span more than a decade, with prosecutors accusing the former Garden Grove police sergeant of assaulting a fellow officer in 2007 and another division worker in 2020.

In the first alleged attack, Starnes, then a police officer and president of the native police union, allegedly kidnapped a feminine colleague as she was leaving a ladies’s restroom at a Stanton bar in March 2007.

Prosecutors said he dragged the lady outside and into the car parking zone, where the alleged assault continued until two fellow officers intervened.

Starnes is also accused of sexually assaulting a feminine division worker in March 2020 while driving back from an “off probation” social gathering at a Long Beach bar.

The alleged attack occurred as the pair were “driving to the Garden Grove Police Association Stress Release Center, a makeshift bar/lounge for police personnel run by the police association,” according to prosecutors.

Riverside County Sheriff’s Department pictured in this undated picture. Riverside County Sheriff’s Office

Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said Starnes’ former place did not put him above the regulation.

“The badge is not a shield from accountability, and we are grateful that these acts of sexual violence have finally come to light so that justice can be pursued on behalf of these victims who suffered in silence,” Spitzer said.

A former Garden Grove police sergeant has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting two feminine colleagues, including kidnapping one of them from a bar and assaulting them in a car parking zone. Facebook/@Garden Grove Police Department

“Sexual assault is an act of cowardice, and it takes incredible courage for victims to come forward and speak out against someone in a position of power.”

Starnes joined the Garden Grove Police Department in 2005 after serving as a Riverside County sheriff’s deputy. He later turned president of the Garden Grove Police Officers’ Association and was assigned to the division’s Traffic Operations Unit as a sergeant in 2025.

He retired in May 2026 while on administrative go away and under investigation for sexual harassment, prosecutors said.

Prosecutors said Starnes dragged the lady out of the bar and into the car parking zone where the alleged assault continued until it was stopped by two fellow officers. Google Maps

Starnes pleaded not responsible to all fees during his Friday arraignment and stays jailed on $5 million bail, according to the Los Angeles Times.

His legal professional, Brian Gurwitz, advised the newspaper his consumer denies the allegations and was “eager for the truth to be presented in a courtroom.”

A police badge from the Garden Grove Police Department is proven in Garden Grove, Calif. Getty Images

The Garden Grove Police Department said it would proceed cooperating with authorities as the investigation proceeds.

If convicted on all counts, Starnes faces up to seven years to life, plus 14 years in state jail.

The California Post reached out to the division for further remark.