Grand jury indicts 2 Va. deputies caught slamming 77-year-old into truck – WTOP News

Police physique digicam video of Virginia deputies displaying them slamming a person into the again of a truck and taking him to the pavement to arrest him made nationwide information final yr.

Now, a grand jury has indicted the lads.

A grand jury indicted Warren County Sheriff’s Deputy Tyler Poe for illegal wounding and former deputy Zachary Fadley with malicious wounding for his or her actions following a site visitors cease in April 2022.

Prince William County Commonwealth’s Lawyer Amy Ashworth, who’s performing as particular prosecutor on the case, confirmed the indictment.

The indictment comes greater than a yr after Ralph Ennis’s household filed swimsuit, claiming the deputies used extreme drive towards the 77-year-old Pennsylvania man who had early indicators of dementia.

Ennis refused to cease for almost 4 miles earlier than pulling over at a 7-Eleven in Entrance Royal. Within the video, which got here from a physique digicam worn by a Entrance Royal Police Division officer who noticed Ennis’s April 2 arrest, one deputy runs as much as Ennis who was standing nonetheless. The deputy pushes Ennis’ face into the truck’s again windshield. Then with one other deputy, Ennis is tackled to the bottom.

The Entrance Royal officer who noticed the arrest referred to as the deputies’ actions “f — unjust” and “un-f— -called-for.”

Ennis died from issues of a mind bleed two weeks later.

WTOP’s Jack Moore contributed to this report.

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