Two Law Enforcement Officers Indicted

THE US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ANNOUNCED ON TUESDAY THE INDICTMENT OF TWO LAWRENCE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE A FEDERAL GRAND JURY RETURNED A FIVE-COUNT INDICTMENT CHARGING ZAC FERGUSON AND ERIC CAPERTON WITH FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS AND OBSTRUCTION OFFENSES STEMMING FROM THEIR USE OF UNLAWFUL FORCE DURING THE ARREST OF A 61-YEAR-OLD MAN. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED OCTOBER 5^TH, 2020 AND IF CONVICTED, FERGUSON AND CAPERTON FACE A MAXIMUM PENALTY OF 10 YEARS IN PRISON FOR THE EXCESSIVE FORCE CHARGE AND A MAXIMUM OF 20 YEARS IN PRISON FOR THE OBSTRUCTION CHARGES. BOTH DEFENDANTS ALSO FACE UP TO THREE YEARS OF SUPERVISED RELEASE AND A FINE OF UP TO $250,000. A FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT JUDGE WILL DETERMINE ANY SENTENCE AFTER CONSIDERING U.S. SENTENCING GUIDELINES AND OTHER STATUTORY FACTORS. 

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