ANCHORAGE — It took more than two years to successfully prosecute a former Bethel police officer accused in a brutality case, authorities in Alaska said with the intent do a thorough and methodical investigation.
Officials discussed the case Thursday, one day after Andrew Reid pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of misconduct and assault in connection with the July 2014 arrest of Wassillie Gregory.
Reid, who now lives outside the state, was sentenced to four months in custody.
Soon after the incident, a woman filed a complaint, alleging she saw Reid repeatedly slamming a man to the ground.
Last year, Gregory won a $175,000 settlement in a lawsuit he filed against the city and Reid.
A Bethel judge overturned Gregory’s guilty plea for a charge of harassing a police officer after surveillance video of the arrest surfaced.
