Three law enforcement officers accused of using excessive force by beating a Raleigh man last month during his arrest have all been booked following their surrender, one day after a Wake County grand jury indicted them.
Wake County Deputy Cameron Broadwell and State Highway Patrol Troopers Michael Blake and Tabithia Davis on Wednesday surrendered at the Wake County Detention Center, where they where booked and their mug shots taken.
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Each officer was released on a $50,000 unsecured bond. Their court arraignment was likely to be scheduled during the next three weeks.
A Wake County grand jury indicted each of the three officers on charges of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury and willfully failing to discharge duties. Broadwell also was indicted on a charge of assault inflicting serious bodily injury.
Kyron Hinton, 29, of Raleigh, was arrested on April 3 while walking home, authorities have said.
According to an arrest warrant, Hinton was yelling in the roadway at North Raleigh Boulevard and Yonkers Road, implying he had a gun and pointing his hand in the air as if he had a firearm in it.
The warrant states that he ignored commands to get on the ground, physically resisted officers when being handcuffed and hit a police dog on the head and face.
Hinton, who was unarmed, said he was approached by several State Highway Patrol troopers and Raleigh police officers who pushed him up against a patrol car and beat him up while a Wake County Sheriff's Office K-9 bit him on his right arm, side and head.
According to the grand jury indictment, Broadwell beat and kicked Hinton and Davis and Blake were accused of striking Hinton with their flashlights.
The three officers are all accused of violating the Highway Patrol's and the Wake County Sheriff's Office's use-of-force policies, and Broadwell also is accused of improper handling of his K-9.
WRAL News is seeking a court order to release footage of Hinton's encounter with law enforcement captured on officers' body-worn cameras. A hearing on the motion is set for the end of the month.
During a news conference Tuesday, Hinton expressed relief that the officers had been indicted.
"I am grateful, thankful and anticipating the outcome," he said.