A Baltimore Police sergeant was arrested Sunday by a fellow officer on assault charges that allege he pulled out a handgun outside a West Baltimore bar when he was asked to pay his tab.

Sgt. Larry Worsely was stripped of his police powers and jailed at Baltimore Central Booking and Intake following the encounter Sunday night, when police wrote in charging papers that Worsely also twisted the arm of a woman at the bar, and dragged another out of the bar by her hair with the gun still in his hand.

Police wrote in charging papers that they determined Worsely, 40, had become “noticeably intoxicated” after drinking three shots at Tequila Sunset, a bar on the 2700 block of Pennsylvania Avenue in Penn North, and was asked to leave the establishment.

Worsely was then “observed assaulting an unidentified female that he was accompanied with inside the bar” and shoved her out of the way before leaving, and then proceeded to grab another woman by the arm, twist it, and say she was “coming with me.” Patrons separated Worsely from the second woman, police wrote.

A bartender went outside and told Worsely he had to pay a tab of $42, police wrote. Then, Worsely drew the handgun and racked the slide, stating he would not pay. He then proceeded to a car while dragging the first woman by her hair, and the woman drove off alone as Worsely walked up Pennsylvania Avenue, police said.

Western District officers wrote that they later found Worsely on Reisterstown Road and detained him, also finding a gun and his Baltimore Police identification card. Worsely was transported to the Western District police station and to Baltimore Police headquarters for “administrative matters.” He was also taken to a hospital at his request, but was immediately discharged and taken to Central Booking.

Worsely was still being held at Central Booking as of Monday evening, according to the state’s corrections database. He is charged with first-degree assault and three counts of second-degree assault, and faces firearms and theft offenses. He is scheduled for a preliminary hearing in Baltimore City District Court on April 5.

The sergeant was previously charged with a drunken driving offense following a crash in 2018. Officers had pulled Worsely over due to damage on his vehicle and let him go, but stopped him again once they realized he was a police officer. He was ultimately acquitted by a Baltimore District judge who ruled officers did not have probable cause to pull him over the second time.