WASHINGTON D.C.
A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned an unsealed indictment Wednesday, charging a former District of Columbia Department of Corrections officer with allegedly using unreasonable force.
According to court documents, former D.C. corrections officer Marcus Bias, 26, pushed a handcuffed pre-trial detainee’s head into a metal doorframe while escorting him within the Department of Corrections on June 12, 2019, causing injury to the detainee.
Bias is facing up to 10 years in prison. He is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
The FBI Washington Field Office investigated the case.
Trial Attorneys Anna Gotfryd and Rebekah Bailey of the Civil Rights Division’s Criminal Section and Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Truscott for the District of Columbia are prosecuting the case.