U.S. Marshal indicted on charges of beating inmate

Published August 8, 2007 4:00am ET



A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted a U.S. Marshals Service deputy Tuesday, charging him with seven counts related to the beating of an inmate at the D.C. Superior Court three years ago.

The indictment alleges that Stephen Cook, 31, pulled a bound inmate named Omar Hunter from the back of a police van, dragged him to the ground and repeatedly struck him in the head with his fist on Aug. 30, 2005.

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