Overview
- Prosecutors say on June 29 Alexander Tine approached a cell at the Middlesex House of Correction then forced an inmate’s foot through a handcuff port and struck the port door with his knee.
- A grand jury indicted Tine earlier this month on two counts of felony assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and a misdemeanor charge for falsifying a public employee report.
- Prosecutors say Tine filed a written report claiming the inmate had been grabbing, hitting, and spitting at him, a version of events they say is not supported by the evidence.
- Tine has been placed on unpaid leave by the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office and is scheduled to be arraigned in Middlesex Superior Court on Sept. 30.
- Court records identify the inmate as a 32‑year‑old who was later sentenced to 18 months, and reports note Tine previously received an employee‑of‑the‑month award and worked in the jail’s Health Services Unit while a lawyer for Tine and the officers’ union had not yet responded to requests for comment.