The Justice Department today announced that two former
Tuskegee Police Department lieutenants, Alex Huntley, 53, and Darian Locure,
44, have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in the beating
of an arrestee and an attempted cover-up.
The five-count indictment charges that on or about Dec. 24,
2014, Huntley physically assaulted an arrestee, while Locure willfully failed
to intervene to stop Huntley’s assault. The assault caused the arrestee to
suffer bodily injuries.
Huntley and Locure are also charged with directing and
encouraging other Tuskegee Police Department officers and recruits who
witnessed the assault to keep it a secret. Finally, the indictment charges that
Huntley gave false testimony under oath about the assault in a state court
proceeding regarding criminal charges against the arrestee.
This case is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation. The Alabama State Bureau of Investigation has also assisted the
investigation. The matter is being prosecuted by Trial Attorney Samantha Trepel
of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and Assistant United States
Attorney Denise Simpson of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle
District of Alabama.
The charges contained in this indictment are simply
accusations, and not evidence of guilt. The defendants are presumed innocent
unless proven guilty.
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