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- The indictment says Nicholson was working for the Bay Pines Veterans Affairs Healthcare System near St. Petersburg last year.
A former police officer at a Florida veteran’s hospital is being charged with using excessive force and lying in reports to cover up the incident.
Court records show that 56-year-old Norman Nicholson was indicted by a federal grand jury Tuesday on charges of making false records in a federal investigation and depriving an individual of their rights under color of law. He faces up to 20 years in prison.
The indictment says Nicholson was working for the Bay Pines Veterans Affairs Healthcare System near St. Petersburg last year when he used excessive and unreasonable force during the arrest of a U.S. Army veteran. Investigators say Nicholson then authored two false arrest affidavits and a police report.
Online court records didn’t list an attorney for Nicholson.
