A 28-year-old police officer is under arrest after a handcuffed man was struck after a spitting incident outside an Arlington pool room, the Jacksonville Sheriff s Office said.
Alexander G. Grant, a five-year veteran of the force, was charged with battery Thursday, the Sheriff s Office said.
The incident occurred about 1 a.m. Saturday at the Poker Room at 201 Monument Road, where Grant was working as off-duty security, Undersheriff Pat Ivey said. He was told that a customer in the parking lot was making threats to shoot up the business.
The man was handcuffed and put in a cruiser to face charges of making threats, Ivey said. Grant rolled down the window to read the suspect his rights. That s when the suspect spit in Grant s face, and the officer opened the back door and hit him more than once, Ivey said. He also ripped the suspect s shirt.
JSO arrests officer accused of hitting handcuffed man who spit on him
The incident happened over the weekend while the officer was off-duty
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office on Thursday announced the arrest of an officer who’s accused of repeatedly striking a handcuffed man who spit in his face over the weekend.
Officer Alexander G. Grant, a five-year veteran, is charged with battery, a first-degree misdemeanor, Undersheriff Pat Ivey said at a news conference held at the Police Memorial Building downtown.
The officer is still an active employee of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, according to agency spokesman Christian Hancock.