TIMELINE
April 13: Candido Medina-Resendiz is arrested by Officer Mark Kaylor and others. July 7: Red Bank Judge Johnny Houston questions why the video of the arrest has not been provided. July 31: Medina-Resendiz files a complaint of excessive force with Red Bank police internal affairs. Aug. 25: The Red Bank internal affairs investigation clears Kaylor of wrongdoing. Aug. 27: Medina-Resendiz is indicted on charges of resisting arrest, simple assault and DUI by consent. Sept. 15: The district attorney’s office first sees the video of Medina-Resendiz’s arrest. Sept. 23: Medina-Resendiz takes his story to the media. Sept. 24: District Attorney Neal Pinkston sends Medina-Resendiz’s criminal charges back to a grand jury for reconsideration, citing video as new evidence. Sept. 25: Pinkston asks TBI to investigate Kaylor. Sept. 29: Kaylor takes two weeks of vacation. Oct. 2: A second man accuses Kaylor of beating him during an arrest in August. Oct. 3: Red Bank Police find copies of the missing use of force report. Feb. 27, 2015: Pinkston reviews the TBI investigation into Kaylor and decides to take the case to a grand jury. Source: Times Free Press archives
Red Bank Police Officer Mark Kaylor could face criminal charges for his role in the violent arrest of a man on April 13, 2014, District Attorney Neal Pinkston said Friday.
The case will go before the grand jury next week, Pinkston said.
Pinkston decided to take the case to the grand jury after reviewing the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s months-long report into the officer’s actions during and after the arrest.
Candido Medina-Resendiz
Anthony Joseph LopezTBI started to investigate Kaylor in September — at Pinkston’s request — after 24-year-old Candido Medina-Resendiz accused Kaylor of using excessive force during an arrest.