MARION COUNTY, Fla. — The state attorney for the Fifth Judicial Circuit gave Eyewitness News video Wednesday that showed deputies kicking and punching a drug suspect.
The U.S. Department of Justice indicted one of the deputies, who has since been fired.
Deputies said Derrick Price was arrested during an Ocala drug bust in August of 2014.
Former Deputy Jesse Terrell and four other former deputies are accused of hitting and kicking Price in the head, neck and shoulder after he had put his hands up and got on the ground.
The other deputies resigned and pleaded guilty to federal civil rights violations. They have not been sentenced yet.
A federal grand jury indicted Terrell, and he’s facing 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
The victim’s attorney said he was satisfied one of the deputies was indicted.
He said in a statement, “Mr. Price is satisfied with the efforts of the federal government to address the law enforcement conduct depicted on the video footage.”
Records show Price has several drug charges still open from the arrest.
He’s currently free on bond.
Marion County Sheriff Chris Blair said in a statement, "The abusive and unprofessional actions they displayed shocked me to my core, and there was absolutely no hesitation for me to immediately inform the Florida Department of Law Enforcement of their actions, to immediately suspend those former deputies without pay and, ultimately, to request their resignation and/or termination."
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