A DeKalb County sheriff’s lieutenant has been indicted on federal charges that he goaded a county jailer into using excessive force against an inmate, the U.S. attorney in Atlanta announced Monday.
Leonard Dreyer, 50, was arraigned Monday on charges that he deprived the inmate, identified only by initials, of a constitutional right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment. The indictment also charged Dreyer with obstructing justice and making false statements to FBI agents. The indictment contends that on Jan. 27, 2012, Dreyer authorized and commanded Dwight Hamilton, a jail sergeant whom he supervised, to use a Taser on an inmate multiple times without legal provocation. Dreyer then attempted to persuade three other employees under his supervision at the jail to falsify their written reports about the tasing incident, and then lied to an FBI agent, the indictment alleges.
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