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March 2, 2023

Deputy caught on dashcam body slamming man during arrest terminated

Deputy caught on dashcam body slamming man during arrest terminated

A Paulding County deputy who can be seen on dashcam video body slamming a man during an arrest last year has been terminated, the sheriff's office confirmed Wednesday.

The agency told 11Alive's Cody Alcorn that Deputy Michael McMaster had been terminated for policy violations. However, they didn't elaborate on the violations, but said it wasn't directly related to the body slamming incident. The sheriff's office added the GBI is still investigating the situation.

Dashcam video of the incident from March 2022 was released last week. It shows the deputy stopping a pedestrian who, the deputy said later, looked similar to the description of someone who’d been breaking into cars in the area.

In the video, the man appears to ignore the deputy’s commands as the deputy stands behind him and tries to handcuff him.
March 2, 2023

Former Burton police detective charged with hate crime

Former Burton police detective charged with hate crime

A former Burton police detective has been charged with Michigan’s hate crime statute after he allegedly used a racial slur and slapped a man being arrested after fleeing a fender-bender with an unmarked police car.

Eric Thomas Freeman, 41, was charged with two felonies -- ethnic intimidation and a common law offense called misconduct in office -- and assault or assault and battery, a misdemeanor offense.

Common law offenses are punishable by up to five years in prison. Leyton described the common law charge as misconduct in office from a public officer. Ethnic intimidation is punishable by up to two years in prison.

March 2, 2023

Deputy rapes woman at traffic stop and tells her she won't be charged, Tennessee cops say

Deputy rapes woman at traffic stop and tells her she won’t be charged, Tennessee cops say

A deputy raped a woman during a traffic stop and now faces charges, Tennessee officials say.

Jonathan Kelly, now a former Perry County deputy, was charged with one count of aggravated rape and one count of official misconduct by a grand jury on Wednesday, Feb. 22, according to a Feb. 28 news release from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. He was arrested on Monday.

McClatchy News reached out to officials about when Kelly had left the sheriff’s office and did not immediately receive a response.

Officials said they began investigating Kelly, 31, in December 2021 after receiving a complaint that he sexually assaulted a woman during a traffic stop.

Agents found Kelly told the woman she would not be charged with a crime if she engaged in sexual contact with him, according to officials.

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