Article updated: 12/14/2012 7:32 PM

Former Maywood cop charged in Villa Park sex assault

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A former Maywood police officer stands accused of picking up a woman while on duty and later sexually assaulting her at a Villa Park hotel. Deon Sams, 38, of 212 Orchard in Bolingbrook, has been charged with two felony counts of criminal sexual assault and one felony count of official misconduct in connection with the March attack. He was being held Friday at the DuPage County jail.