LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas police are recommending more serious charges against an officer facing a misdemeanor battery charge after a body camera recorded a confrontation with a woman during an arrest.
A police report says the video shows Officer Richard Scavone throwing the woman to the ground, grabbing her by the neck and slamming her head on the hood of his patrol car.
The woman was initially stopped on the suspicion of prostitution outside of a hotel one block west of the Las Vegas Strip.
The detective investigating Scavone notes that he made at least four misleading or false statements surrounding his claim that the woman was resisting arrest.
