Indicted Baltimore Police Officer Was Focus Of Excessive Force Investigation
BALTIMORE (AP) - A Baltimore police officer who's been indicted on charges of assault and misconduct in connection with a 2016 incident was the focus of a departmental investigation of excessive force.
Police spokesman T.J. Smith told The Baltimore Sun Tuesday that the internal investigation found Officer Carlos Rivera-Martinez used "force that appeared to be excessive" in July 2016. Smith said earlier this month that the 31-year-old Rivera-Martinez was suspended without pay after jurors indicted him for the July 2016 allegations.
Court documents released Tuesday say Rivera-Martinez committed an unlawful act while acting as a sworn police officer. What Rivera-Martinez is accused of doing in July 2016 remains unclear.
Rivera-Martinez is set to be arraigned July 24. The Sun reports online records don't list a lawyer for him.
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