A former Nelsonville Police
officer, who's charged with assaulting a 15-year-old boy who was in police
custody, is scheduled to take a plea later this month.
According to an entry filed
Jan. 9 in Athens County Common Pleas Court, Randall Secoy will appear in court
Jan. 17 to change his plea.
Secoy, who was once an Athens
County Sheriff's deputy but left that agency in November 2011, was indicted
last March on charges of assault, abduction and interfering with civil rights.
The charges are based on an
incident that took place while he was a Nelsonville Police officer, after he
arrested a 15-year-old boy at a local pizza restaurant for an alleged
altercation.
While the boy was at the Nelsonville
Police headquarters, he allegedly put his hand on the boy's face and pushed him
backwards in a wheeled chair.
Last October, a hearing in the
case addressed the questions of what aspects of Secoy's disciplinary record as
a police officer and sheriff's deputy the Athens County Prosecutor's office
would be allowed to bring up at his trial.
