U.S. Department of Justice January 29, 2013 • Office
of Public Affairs (202) 514-2007/TDD (202) 514-1888
WASHINGTON—A federal grand jury today indicted a former Town
Creek, Alabama Police cop for violating an individual’s civil rights during the
course of an arrest, announced Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights
Division Thomas E. Perez, U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, and FBI Special
Agent in Charge Richard D. Schwein, Jr.
The indictment charges Brandon Shane Mundy, 32, of Oxford,
Alabama, with striking a man with a dangerous weapon and causing bodily injury
during the man’s November 2009 arrest in a northern Alabama town. Mundy’s
action deprived the man, identified as J.T., of the constitutional right to be
free from the use of unreasonable force by someone acting under the color of
law, according to the indictment.
If convicted, Mundy could face a maximum sentence of 10
years in prison and a $250,000 fine. An indictment is merely an allegation, and
the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable
doubt.
The FBI is investigating the case, and it is being
prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Holt and Justice Department
Civil Rights Division Trial Attorney Daniel H. Weiss.