SPRINGFIELD, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper has been charged with choking and punching a man during an arrest last year, authorities said.
Trooper Sammy Allen, 32, has been indicted by a Robertson County grand jury on assault charges stemming from a Nov. 27 arrest, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said Friday.
Investigators said Allen was involved in the arrest of a man who crashed his truck as he fled a traffic stop for speeding. Allen choked the man twice and punched him in the groin while the man was handcuffed at the Robertson County Jail, the TBI said.
Allen, of Davidson County, surrendered to police on Friday. He has been released on bond. The Associated Press was unable to determine if Allen had a lawyer to speak on his behalf about the charges.