4 Baton Rouge officers charged in connection with "brave cave" scandal
CBSN
The scandal-plagued Baton Rouge Police Department has arrested four of its own officers, including a deputy chief, and charged them with trying to cover up excessive force during a strip search inside a department bathroom, the police chief announced Friday.
Corp. Douglas Chustz, Deputy Chief Troy Lawrence, Sr., Corp. Todd Thomas, and Sgt. Jesse Barcelona were arrested on multiple charges, including malfeasance, theft, and obstruction, according to CBS affiliate WAFB.
The department is under intensifying scrutiny as the FBI opened a civil rights investigation last week into allegations that officers assaulted detainees in an obscure warehouse known as the "brave cave." The officers who were arrested were part of the same since-disbanded street crimes unit that ran the warehouse.
