Federal investigation opened into IMPD officer accused of stomping handcuffed man in the face

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A national probe has been opened aft a constabulary serviceman was accused of stomping a handcuffed antheral successful the look connected Monument Circle.

The United States Attorney’s Office and the FBI are looking into accusations against Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Sgt. Eric Huxley.

“The United States Attorney’s Office is alert of the incidental involving an IMPD serviceman and Jermaine Vaughn. Our bureau and the FBI person opened an investigation, and if the probe reveals prosecutable violations of immoderate national transgression statutes, the Department volition instrumentality due action,” Acting U.S. Attorney John E. Childress said successful a statement.

On Tuesday, it was announced that Huxley was charged successful Marion County for authoritative misconduct and artillery resulting successful mean bodily injury. Both crimes are felonies.

Huxley was suspended without wage from the constabulary department. IMPD Chief Taylor has recommended Huxley beryllium terminated. That proposal volition for to the IMPD Civilian Police Merit Board.

On Sept. 24, different IMPD serviceman was attempting trying to apprehension a “loud and disorderly” stateless man. Video from a body-worn camera shows a information of the brushwood with the serviceman and the man, identified successful tribunal documents arsenic Jermaine Vaughn. Vaughn is laying connected the crushed connected his backmost erstwhile different serviceman walks up and stomps him successful the face. IMPD enactment says that serviceman is Huxley.

The 2 different officers connected the scene, Sergeant Christopher Kibbey and Officer Matthew Shores, person been placed connected administrative work during the interior investigation.