Crime & Safety
Police Officer Indicted On Excessive Force Charges
A federal grand jury indicted former Hickory Police sergeant Robert George for using excessive force with a woman he was arresting.
CHARLOTTE, NC — A former police sergeant with the Hickory Police Department was indicted by a federal grand jury Monday, charged with using excessive force after he slammed a woman’s face into the ground while trying to arrest her.
The grand jury also indicted Robert George, 45, on obstructing justice charges and lying in a police report about the matter, according to a Department of Justice statement.
“The indictment alleges that on Nov. 11, 2013, George assaulted a female victim, identified in the indictment by the initials C.D., by slamming her face-first to the ground, causing her to suffer bodily injury,” DOJ said. “The following day, George allegedly wrote a false police report to cover up the offense.”
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George was arraigned on these charges in federal court April 23. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating the case, and is being prosecuted by DOJ Assistant US Attorney Kimlani Ford and Civil Rights Division Trial Attorney Sanjay Patel.
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