Mountain View Man Sues Cops over Alleged Beating

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From the Hawaii Tribune-Herald:

A 25-year-old Mountain View man is suing the county and three police officers for a beating he alleges he received in the Hilo police cellblock after being arrested for drunken driving.

Honolulu attorney Joseph Rosenbaum filed the lawsuit on Friday on behalf of John Tredre. The suit names Hilo Patrol Sgt. Darryel Tolentino and Officers Keith Nacis and Crystal Kekela, and seeks unspecified damages for alleged excessive force, abuse of authority, assault and battery and negligent infliction of emotional distress.

A Feb. 20 letter to Tredre from Hawaii Police Chief Harry Kubojiri stated that the police Administrative Review Board found cause to uphold a portion of a misconduct complaint against Tolentino and that the chief agreed with the panel’s findings. Neither Nacis nor Kekela was disciplined. Read the full story.

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