WASHINGTON — A former D.C. Special Police Officer has been indicted by a federal grand jury for violating a woman's rights by using unreasonable force during an arrest last year, and then lying about the incident.
Curtis Holloway, 65, has been charged with depriving an arrestee of her civil rights under color of law, and assault with a deadly weapon under the D.C. code. The indictment alleges Holloway willfully — and without legal justification — struck a woman in the back of the head with his gun during an Oct., 2023 arrest.
The woman, who has only been identified as 33-year-old A.J., was being arrested on the charges of destruction of property and assault on a police officer. She experienced bodily injury from the strike to her head, according to the indictment.
Holloway, who was then a licensed special police officer but not part of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), also faces a charge of obstruction of justice for lying to the MPD officers who responded to the arrest.
"Specifically, HOLLOWAY falsely told responding MPD officers that he struck A.J. with his baton while A.J. was combative," the indictment reads, "in truth and in fact, as HOLLOWAY then knew, he struck A.J. in the head with his firearm from behind as she tried to run away from him."
Holloway now faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison on the civil rights charge. The obstruction offense carries a maximum prison penalty of 20 years. The case was investigated by the FBI Washington Field Office.
