San Ignacio Police are reporting tonight that they've brought criminal charges against 26 year-old Constable Kent Thompson; he's accused of brutalizing a man who was in detention at the station's cellblock.

Exactly a month ago, San Ignacio Resident Gustavo Williams reported officers at the station that he was being detained at the cellblock due to domestic problems. He told police that while he was in lockdown, a police officer opened the door and started to beat him with a baton. He told the investigators that the officer struck him on the left shoulder, the left arm, the left side of his abdomen, his right leg, and his right arm. A doctor certified that Williams suffered injuries classified as harm.

Police took the civilian's complaint very seriously and after the revision of surveillance footage and recording statements, police arrested and charged Thompson with for harm.

He was arraigned yesterday in the San Ignacio Magistrate's Court where he was granted bail of $800. He must return to court on December 30, 2015.