Former Missouri police chief pleads GUILTY to federal 'civil rights violation' after punching man, 31, who tried to DROWN his own child and telling him 'You deserve to die'
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - A former Kansas City police chief has pled guilty to assault charges after punching a handcuffed man who had tried to kill his infant daughter
- Greg Hallgrimson, 51, and another officer rescued a baby girl from a frozen pond in 2018 after Jonathon Zicarelli, 31, told police he drowned his child nearby
- After returning from the mission, Hallgrimson threw a handcuffed Zicarelli to the ground, punched him in the face, and told Zicarelli, 'You deserve to die'
- The child suffered from hypothermia but survived the terrifying incident
- The former chief was put on administrative leave and then resigned from his post in 2019, much to his city's dismay
- Zicarelli remains in Jackson County jail on felony charges of domestic assault and child abuse
Posted by: Skidmark 2021-07-30 |