MTA Officer Indicted On Second-Degree Assault, Misconduct Charges After He Allegedly Punched Man Repeatedly

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A Maryland Transit Administration serviceman was indicted connected second-degree battle and misconduct charges aft helium allegedly punched a antheral connected the level repeatedly.

“This indictment shows erstwhile again that we instrumentality constabulary misconduct precise earnestly successful my office. It doesn’t substance what occupation you do, oregon what azygous you deterioration – if you interruption the law, you volition beryllium brought to justice,” said State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby.

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A Baltimore City expansive assemblage indicted MTA Police Officer Aaron Sewell Tuesday.

According to the state’s attorney’s office, Sewell was connected work with the MTA Police connected June 20, 2020, erstwhile helium was patrolling the Rogers Avenue Metro located connected 4300 Hayward Avenue astir 11:15 p.m. That’s erstwhile helium encountered Mr. Kaiya Parker connected the presumption platform. Parker wasn’t wearing a garment and Officer Sewell told him helium was required to deterioration a garment to thrust the train.

The serviceman moved into betwixt Parker and the bid tracks but determination was nary bid astatine the level and Parker wasn’t trying to committee a train, the indictment read. Then Sewell placed his hands connected Parker’s thorax arsenic Parker tried to participate the level area. Parker reportedly swatted the officer’s hands away.

That’s erstwhile Sewell allegedly began to punch Parker repeatedly, picking him up and past slamming him to the ground. Parker didn’t onslaught the serviceman once. He grabbed a trash tin to stabilize himself aft the attack, according to the property release.

Mosby said Sewell utilized “an unnecessary magnitude of unit oregon unit and the magnitude of unit utilized was unreasonable successful airy of the severity of the incidental and urgency of its disposition.”

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She said his actions were inconsistent with the MTA usage of unit policy.

“Officer Sewell was a sworn constabulary officer, acting nether colour of his bureau and the battle was not accidental, consented to, nor legally justified,” the property merchandise stated.

If convicted,  Sewell faces a maximum condemnation of 10 years successful authorities situation for Second Degree Assault. There is nary maximum condemnation for Misconduct successful Office. It is simply a common-law transgression that carries nary sentencing bounds but that it cannot beryllium cruel and unusual.

The MTA released this statement:

“Officer Sewell resigned from Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration (MDOT MTA) work successful February 2021 successful bully standing. MDOT MTA volition ever comply with requests for accusation from the Baltimore City State’s Attorney Office and different instrumentality enforcement agencies. We are focused connected assemblage policing and treating each customers with dignity and respect. MDOT MTA cannot remark further owed to the ongoing investigation.”

Read the indictment below:

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