PITTSBURGH
A former police officer of the Redstone Township Police Department is facing up to a year in prison for punching a suspect in the face, officials announced.
Norman L. Howard, 42, of Wards Road, Grindstone, Pennsylvania, plead guilty to one count of deprivation of civil rights in federal court, official said last week.
On May 26, 2013, Howard, who was the former cop in charge of the Redstone Township Police Department, willfully deprived an individual only identified as “D.N.” by punching “D.N.” in the face, without justification, according to authorities.
Howard will be scheduled in January.
The FBI investigated this case.