Post by WaTcHeR on Feb 22, 2006 10:43:37 GMT -5
02/22/2006 - The Chicago Police Department has filed a complaint to fire an officer who has been indicted on charges of beating a 14-year-old girl last year after she was suspected of shoplifting at a Southwest Side JCPenney store.
Officer Alexandra Martinez faces termination in the case, filed Jan. 31 with the Police Board.
The girl was never charged with shoplifting, and her family has filed a federal lawsuit against the city.
Grand jurors indicted Martinez, assigned to the Chicago Lawn District, on two counts of felony official misconduct and one count of battery after finding she hit the 14-year-old girl in the head. Official misconduct is punishable by up to 5 years in prison.
The store video camera recorded Martinez allegedly beating Michel'le Hutchinson in an interview room at the Ford City Mall Penney store in April 2005.
www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/nearwest/chi-0602220167feb22,1,3675728.story?coll=chi-newslocalnearwest-hed
Officer Alexandra Martinez faces termination in the case, filed Jan. 31 with the Police Board.
The girl was never charged with shoplifting, and her family has filed a federal lawsuit against the city.
Grand jurors indicted Martinez, assigned to the Chicago Lawn District, on two counts of felony official misconduct and one count of battery after finding she hit the 14-year-old girl in the head. Official misconduct is punishable by up to 5 years in prison.
The store video camera recorded Martinez allegedly beating Michel'le Hutchinson in an interview room at the Ford City Mall Penney store in April 2005.
www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/nearwest/chi-0602220167feb22,1,3675728.story?coll=chi-newslocalnearwest-hed