Oakland Cop Arrested for Trading Vice Investigations Information for Sex

Oakland Police Officer Ryan Walterhouse Arrested on Conspiracy Charges

By Darwin BondGraham and Ali Winston

Another Oakland police officer has been arrested for allegedly engaging in a conspiracy. Officer Ryan Walterhouse was detained by members of his own department yesterday when he showed up to work. He was booked at 1:21 a.m. today at the Alameda County Jail, but made bail.

Multiple sources close to the police department said Walterhouse is being investigated for obstruction of justice and a prostitution-related offense.

Walterhouse allegedly slept with a sex worker, and then traded confidential law enforcement information about police vice operations to see the sex worker again.

According to the Oakland police, Walterhouse’s arrest followed an investigation that was unrelated to the recent sex crime scandal involving multiple Oakland cops who exploited a teenager who used the alias Celeste Guap.