Former Red Bank officer indicted in violent arrest won’t stand trial until November

Attorneys picked another trial date Tuesday for Mark Kaylor, the former Red Bank police officer indicted in a violent 2014 arrest.

Kaylor, 39, will stand trial Nov. 1 before Hamilton County Criminal Court Judge Tom Greenholtz on charges of aggravated assault, reckless endangerment and official misconduct. Although he was scheduled to go to trial in April, it was postponed.

Kaylor’s attorney, Lee Davis, had no comment.

The two-year saga began after a traffic stop in April 2014. Kaylor initially pulled over the car Candido Medina-Resendiz was riding in as a passenger just after 3 a.m. on April 13, 2014, and discovered the driver was intoxicated. As Kaylor arrested the driver, Medina-Resendiz, who was also intoxicated, got out of the car. Another officer tried to put Medina-Resendiz in handcuffs, and that’s when the altercation started. Dashcam video shows Kaylor punching Medina-Resendiz in the arm and face while additional officers pinned him down, stun-gunned him, and tried to handcuff him.

At one point, while Kaylor lies on top of Medina-Resendiz, he claims he’s going to “kick your a**.” He was initially commended – until District Attorney General Neal Pinkston saw the dashcam footage and asked the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation to launch a probe in September 2014. Kaylor resigned after he was indicted months later in February 2015.

Medina-Resendiz was charged with simple assault, resisting arrest and driving under the influence by consent. Because Medina-Resendiz owned the vehicle, he was charged with allowing an intoxicated person to drive his car even though he was not driving.

The incident, meanwhile, left Medina-Resendiz with a swollen-shut eye, a fractured eye socket, and cuts and bruises on his cheeks.

He later filed a lawsuit in Chattanooga’s federal courthouse, claiming Red Bank’s police department created a culture that shielded misbehaving officers. But the case is on hold until June 2 while Kaylor resolves his criminal charges, records show.

Contact staff writer Zack Peterson at 423-757-6347 or zpeterson@timesfreepress.com.