Four off-duty D.C. police officers indicted in
nightclub beating
Four D.C. police
officers were indicted Wednesday in connection with an assault outside a Northwest Washington nightclub last June in
which a District Heights man was beaten so severely he lost an eye, according
to officials and the man’s lawyer.
The officers, who were
off-duty at the time of the June 10, 2011 fight, were involved in the incident outside the
Lotus nightclub in the 1400 block of K Street, police officials said in a
statement released late Wednesday night.
During the brawl, two club patrons were embroiled in a fight with several
individuals, some thought to be bouncers at the club, police said. One of the
patrons, Walter Blair II, 24, of District Heights, was taken to a hospital for
treatment but lost his right eye as a result of the fight, his attorney, Ronald
Karp, said last year.
A total of nine people were
indicted after more than a year-long investigation by the D.C. police
department’s internal affairs division, officials said.
Police did not release
specific information about the charges. No police officials could be reached
for comment at the department’s public information office late Wednesday.
Detectives recovered
security-video footage of the fight and confirmed the identities of three
officers, all of the 1st District. They were identified as Kenneth McRavin,
Thaddeus Modlin and Nikeith Goins, police said.
The fourth officer who was
indicted is Yolonda Lampkin, also of the 1st District, officials said.
It was unclear what role
the officers allegedly played in the incident.