Overview
- Newly released footage shows officers wrestling, punching, and using a stun gun on a shirtless 17-year-old during a Saturday arrest in Webster, Massachusetts.
- The teen, identified as Japhet Villanueva, alleges excessive force and says his teeth were broken and his face was beaten.
- Police report responding to earlier calls about youths displaying what looked like rifles, a car window shot out, and an altercation nearby, later recovering two BB guns close to the arrest site.
- The department says the suspect reached for an officer’s duty belt and resisted; one officer suffered a broken hand and a sergeant had minor injuries.
- Villanueva faces charges including assault and battery on a police officer and resisting arrest, and he and another juvenile were released to their parents after medical evaluation.