BRIEF: Beaver Borough settles federal police-assault lawsuit [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]

Nov. 30--Beaver Borough's insurer has settled for $32,500 a lawsuit alleging that its police assaulted a man during an arrest and broke his window using his head.

The case filed in January in U.S. District Court by Robert Michael Doyle was closed today. Mr. Doyle alleged that in May 2010, Beaver Officer Jeffrey Wijnen-Riems and other officers responded to a call that he had violated a protection from abuse order and ended up beating him with handcuffs and slamming him into furniture, landing him in the hospital.

Mr. Doyle, 36, of Beaver, has a criminal history including convictions for simple assault, resisting arrest, possessing drug paraphernalia and driving with a suspended license.

Beaver Manager Whitney Brady said the borough's insurance would cover the settlement amount.

Rich Lord: [email protected] or 412-263-1542.

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