Ex-officer accused of lying about injured North Carolina woman
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A former police officer now faces federal charges about a confrontation with a woman in North Carolina in 2013.The U.S. Justice Department said in a news release that former Hickory Police Sgt. Robert Michael George has been charged with using excessive force and misconduct in office.Prosecutors say George lied when he said a woman fell on a street. The indictment charges that George slammed the woman to the ground and filed a false […]
