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title: Former St. Albans Cop Charged With Assaulting Prisoner in 2017
description: "*Updated on June 30, 2020.* The Vermont Attorney General's Office on Monday charged a former St. Albans police officer with assault for pepper-spraying a handcuffed man in a holding cell in 2017. Vermont Attorney General T.J. Donovan initially declined to…"
url: "https://neighborsvt.org/docs/former-st-albans-cop-charged-with-assaulting-prisoner-in-2017/"
updated: "2020-09-28"
category: Police
tags:
  - Derek Brouwer
---

# Former St. Albans Cop Charged With Assaulting Prisoner in 2017

*Updated on June 30, 2020.*
The Vermont Attorney General's Office on Monday charged a former St. Albans police officer with assault for pepper-spraying a handcuffed man in a holding cell in 2017.

Vermont Attorney General T.J. Donovan initially declined to prosecute former corporal Joel Daugreilh in 2018, but he reopened the case in January when [Vermont Public Radio requested video of the incident](https://www.vpr.org/post/ag-reopens-investigation-st-albans-cop-who-allegedly-pepper-sprayed-handcuffed-man#stream/0).

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