Jury: 1 of 2 Md. officers found guilty in beating

Published October 20, 2012 4:03am ET



UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — A jury late Friday found one of two police officers charged in the alleged beating of a University of Maryland student in 2010 guilty of second-degree assault, but cleared the second officer in the incident.

Prince George’s County police Cpl. James Harrison was found guilty of the assault charge, according to county police. But jurors cleared Harrison of misconduct, and found Cpl. Reginald Baker not guilty of assault and misconduct, police said.

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