CHARLESTON — Federal law enforcement officials arrested a former city of Logan police officer Thursday morning on a charge of a civil rights offense against an arrestee.
WASHINGTON â Federal law enforcement officials arrested a former City of Logan police officer Thursday morning on a charge of a civil rights offense against an arrestee.
The arrest was made following an indictment by a federal grand jury in Charleston on Tuesday. According to a press release from the United States Department of Justice, the jury indicted Everett Maynard, 44, for using excessive force against an arrestee while Maynard was a police officer with the City of Logan Police Department.
In the indictment, Maynard is charged with one count of deprivation of rights under color of law. The indictment alleges that Maynard used unreasonable force and caused bodily harm to an arrestee identified in the press release as âR.W.â