CARBONDALE — A part-time Carbondale police officer is accused of assaulting a man who was in handcuffs. Authorities say Officer Paul Thiel hit a man sever...

CARBONDALE — A part-time Carbondale police officer is accused of assaulting a man who was in handcuffs.

Authorities say Officer Paul Thiel hit a man several times with his baton, and choked him while in custody.

It happened last month at the Carbondale police station.

The incident was caught on a camera in a holding cell.