CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Eyewitness News has uncovered court documents that show that it was an anonymous tip to a social worker that led fraud detectives to a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer, who has now been charged with exploiting his disabled father.

Officer Richard Watts Jr. was arrested on Monday. Now, three search warrants show that detectives believe Watts wrote 18 checks amounting to more than $59,000 on his disabled father's bank account.

Detectives said Watts used that money for himself instead of his father's care.

Watts' father has been in a nursing home, and he collected $100,000 in life insurance when his wife died.

Watts has been suspended by the police department until his case is resolved in court.