SALT LAKE CITY — A 9-year-old boy suffered a broken collarbone while being restrained and handcuffed by a Sandy police officer after an incident at school, his grandparents say in a federal lawsuit.

Craig and Britt Hawker claim officer Tina Marie Albrand used excessive force while attempting to get their grandson to stand up and answer questions about an iPad he stole from Bell View Elementary School last August.

Albrand grabbed the boy and placed him in a “lock twist” to get him to stand, according to the complaint filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court. When he began to kick and scream, she forced him against a wall and handcuffed him.

“In her report, officer Albrand claims that (the boy) grabbed for and took hold of her weapon, but the assertion is false and no other witnesses made that assertion,” the suit says.

The boy later complained of arm and shoulder pain. Britt Hawker, who along with her husband is his legal guardian, took him to see a doctor who treated him for a fractured collarbone.

(Source: beatyourselfup)