DOVER, N.H. (AP) — Two New
Hampshire police officers have been charged with assaulting a suspect after a
traffic stop last year.
A Strafford County Grand Jury
has indicted Farmington Sgt. Michael McNeil Jr. and Officer Gregory Gough on
simple assault charges.
Randy Gray told Foster’s Daily
Democrat that he fled the stop after asking the 34-year-old McNeil, who was
off-duty, for ID and McNeil refused.
Police eventually tracked Gray
to his home where the struggle occurred. McNeil’s charged with grabbing Gray’s
neck and forcing him to the ground. The 24-year-old Gough is charged with
grabbing Gray’s arms and torso.
The misdemeanor assault carries
up to a year in jail upon conviction.
The officers were suspended
Tuesday. Neither had a listed phone number and it could not immediately be
determined if they had lawyers.