An officer with the Melbourne Police Department was arrested on a battery charge Friday by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for allegedly punching a handcuffed suspect with a closed fist.Christopher William Eisen II, 47, was arrested on charges of felony battery against a suspect after Melbourne police Chief Steve Mimbs asked the FDLE to conduct an investigation earlier this month.>>Download the WESH 2 News app for iOS and AndroidInvestigators said that on April 5, Eisen took a handcuffed person to a local hospital, and as he was preparing to escort the person inside, he punched the person several times in the face with a closed fist."We absolutely will not tolerate these types of activities and will be thorough and relentless when allegations such as these arise,” Mimbs said.Eisen was booked into the Brevard County Jail Friday night on a $15,000 bond.

An officer with the Melbourne Police Department was arrested on a battery charge Friday by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for allegedly punching a handcuffed suspect with a closed fist.

Christopher William Eisen II, 47, was arrested on charges of felony battery against a suspect after Melbourne police Chief Steve Mimbs asked the FDLE to conduct an investigation earlier this month.


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Investigators said that on April 5, Eisen took a handcuffed person to a local hospital, and as he was preparing to escort the person inside, he punched the person several times in the face with a closed fist.

"We absolutely will not tolerate these types of activities and will be thorough and relentless when allegations such as these arise,” Mimbs said.

Eisen was booked into the Brevard County Jail Friday night on a $15,000 bond.