Avondale trooper cleared of brutality charge

Kelly Cruz had been accused of stomping suspect in head during drug raid Updated at 1:15 p.m. with state police comment By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Kelly Cruz More than four years after being accused of using excessive force during a drug bust, a veteran state police narcotics investigator has been acquitted of federal civil rights charges. A jury deliberated less than two...

Veteran Avondale trooper suspended without pay

Kelly Cruz faces federal indictment in long-running police-brutality case By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Trooper Kelly Cruz, a patrol supervisor in the Avondale barracks, has been suspended without pay following a federal indictment, a state police spokesman said. Nearly four years after being accused of using excessive force during a drug bust, a veteran state police narcotics...