SHREVEPORT, LA (KSLA) -
A Shreveport police officer is
facing a felony charge and is on paid administrative leave after a fight at a
local bar Saturday night.
Officers were called to the
Brass Monkey Bar in the 3100 block of Youree Dr. around 10:12 p.m. Saturday,
where 26-year-old Harrison Daugherty told them he had confronted by two men in
a fight the resulted in him suffering injuries that required treatment on the
scene by the Shreveport Fire Department.
Investigators say Daugherty was
involved in a dispute with 41-year-old Eric Swartout and 39-year-old Brandon
Howard. During the fight, police say Swartout and Howard struck Daugherty
numerous times, causing him to lose consciousness.
Swartout, of the 1500 block of
River Parkway Boulevard in Shreveport, is charged with one count of simple
battery and one count of second degree battery. Howard, of the 4000 block of
Glyn Street in Bossier City, is facing a single count of second degree battery.
Both men were booked into the Shreveport City Jail.
Swartout, who joined the
department in May of 2003, has been placed on paid administrative leave by
Chief of Police Willie Shaw in accordance with the rules and regulations of the
Shreveport Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Board which states: “When an
employee is charged with a felony he shall, and if a misdemeanor he may, be
immediately relieved of duty and placed on “departmental leave” for up to one
week at full pay and with continuing seniority.”
Second degree battery is a
felony offense, is punishable by up to 5 years in prison and fines reaching
$2,000.
