BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore
police officer has been charged with hitting a 14-year-old boy while he was in
custody after allegedly leading law enforcers on a car chase.
The State's Attorney's Office
said Tuesday that Officer Serge Antonin had been charged in a criminal
information with assault and misconduct.
Prosecutors say Antonin, a
14-year veteran of the department, hit the teenager after he was pulled out of
a car on July 29, 2013. Authorities say the teenager had stolen a car and led
police on a chase.