Police1 Staff Report
(CINCINNATI, Ohio) -- A Cincinnati police officer has been suspended while authorities investigate an incident in which he ran into a fleeing suspect with his patrol car.
Officer John Haynes hit 18-year-old Anthony Flagg, breaking the young man’s leg. Haynes had responded to a call of a disturbance at Woodward High School.
Flagg has been charged with criminal trespassing, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and criminal damaging, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer. He allegedly ran from police officers and school security officers.
The police department’s Internal Affairs unit and the county prosecutor are investigating Haynes’ actions.