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Indictment: Ex-DC special police officer hit woman on the head with a gun, then lied about it
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The woman, who has only been identified as 33-year-old A.J., was being arrested on the charges of destruction of property and assault on a police officer. She experienced bodily injury from the strike to her head, according to the indictment.
Holloway, who was then a licensed special police officer but not part of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), also faces charges of obstruction of justice for lying to the MPD officers who responded to the arrest.
“Specifically, HOLLOWAY falsely told responding MPD officers that he struck A.J. with his baton while A.J. was combative,” the indictment reads, “in truth and in fact, as HOLLOWAY then knew, he struck A.J. in the head with his firearm from behind as she tried to run away from him.”
Holloway now faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison on the civil rights charge. The obstruction offense carries a maximum prison penalty of 20 years. The case was investigated by the FBI Washington Field Office.
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