Former Hyattsville cop sues city over sexual harassment

A former Hyattsville police officer has filed a lawsuit alleging that a fellow officer on the force sexually harassed her and tried to rape her, according to court documents.

Marsha Lessard, who retired from the force in 2009, has claimed in court documents that Sgt. Pat O’Hagan — now the president of the Hyattsville Fraternal Order of Police — attempted to rape her on a trip to an FOP event in Louisville, Ky., in 2007. She has filed a suit against the city for sexual harassment, sex-based discrimination and retaliation for engaging in protected activity, and said in court documents that the attempted rape was part of a larger culture of sexual harassment at the Hyattsville Police Department.