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Former Belen, N.M., Police Department Detective Indicted for Using Excessive Force Against Arrestee

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 8, 2013. A federal grand jury in Albuquerque, N.M., has returned a one-count indictment charging former Belen Police Department Detective John Lytle with unlawfully assaulting a victim, identified in the indictment as R.A., during an investigative stop and arrest on March 15, 2012. 

Lytle is charged with violating R.A.’s right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure by a law enforcement officer, which includes freedom from the use of excessive force.  The…

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