Everett ex-cop charged with trying to frame ex's boyfriend

EVERETT — A former Everett police officer abused his authority by stalking an ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend — trying to frame him for felonies through an illegal investigation, by illegally placing a tracking device on his car and by denying the misconduct under oath in court, according to new charges filed in Snohomish County.

Prosecutors charged Jared Corson, 36, with first-degree perjury, a felony, as well as misdemeanors for domestic violence stalking, violating state privacy law and official misconduct. Corson, a third-generation cop living in Kirkland, was sworn in as an Everett patrol officer in 2015. He had also worked with his father to help at-risk youth in need of role models at an adventure camp in Index.

Corson was placed on administrative leave in December. He resigned May 11. Everett police are now conducting an internal investigation into his police work, as well as to see if any policies or procedures need to be changed.

Charges allege Corson’s abuses of authority escalated for months, starting when he met the woman, then 27, while on duty in Everett. She was working at an espresso stand. The officer responded to an assault at a nearby deli on Nov. 8, 2018. He took a witness statement from her and made no arrests. He kept in touch with the woman on the phone and in person, bringing her gifts. According to charging papers, Corson also sent videos to the woman showing vulnerable people — mentally ill or intoxicated — without asking for consent to record or share the footage.

They were dating by spring 2019. Around then, Corson took her on multiple ride-alongs in his patrol car until a sergeant advised him to stop and later ordered him to stop, the charges say. In June 2019, officers noted the woman was sitting in Corson’s vehicle while he worked a security detail at Walmart, the court papers say. She broke up with him in September 2019, telling him she had a new boyfriend.

Days later, at the start of his shift, Corson used a police computer to check a license plate parked outside a home where the woman was staying in Kirkland, according to the charges. The car belonged to the new boyfriend. Corson reportedly asked dispatch to check the man for warrants and criminal history.

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This guy sounds like a piece of work.