Colwyn News

COLWYN, Pa. - A suspended Colwyn police officer will be tried on charges of assault and official oppression after a teenager was hit with a shot from a Taser gun while in a borough jail cell last month.

Colwyn Borough police Cpl. Trevor Parham has been charged with simple assault and official oppression for allegedly Tasing a teenager who was handcuffed in a jail cell last month, the Daily News' Stephanie Farr reports from the Media Courthouse, where Delaware County District Attorney Jack Whelan is holding a news conference.

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Colwyn Borough police put Kimberly Brown in handcuffs as she has words with Mayor Daniel Rutland during a raucous Borough Council meeting Thursday night.

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Colwyn Borough Police Corporal Trevor Parham exits the borough police station on Wednesday May 2, 2012, in Colwyn Pa.

The police officer accused of tasering a local teenager is off the job -- and so is his boss, the Colwyn police chief -- while the alleged incident is investigated.

Authorities in suburban Philadelphia say a police officer is under investigation in connection with the alleged use of a stun gun on an underage suspect.

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