FRAMINGHAM � A Connecticut man who is suing several Framingham Police officers in federal court alleging they brutally beat him during his arrest nearly four years ago was found guilty Monday of�assaulting an officer during the same incident.

A Framingham District Court jury of six men and women found Nicholas Casaburri, 32, of Norwich, guilty of assault and battery on a police officer, breaking and entering into a car during the night, trespassing, and larceny of property worth more than $250. The trial lasted three days.

Judge Robert Greco made directed findings of not guilty on several other charges, including�assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, walking on railroad tracks and possession of tools often used in�burglaries.

Greco sentenced Casaburri to two years in the Middlesex�House of Correction for the breaking and entering into a car charge. He will get credit for 162 days served. Greco also sentenced Casaburri to 90 days in the�House of Correction for the assault and battery on a police officer charge. The 90 days is to start only after Casaburri completes his initial two-year�sentence.

Casaburri is appealing the verdict and the sentence has been stayed.

Authorities say Casaburri, of 495 Laurel Hill Road, was arrested on April 23, 2010, after several car break-ins at�Adessa, an auto auction business on Framingham's Southside. Police said that when they tried to arrest Casaburri, he struggled so violently that Detective Matthew Gutwill and�Casaburri suffered injuries in the melee.�It took several officers to arrest�Casaburri, who�suffered several facial fractures and was hospitalized for several days in a Boston hospital.

In 2013, Casaburri filed a federal lawsuit against Gutwill and officers Gregory Reardon, John Skinnion and Maria Crane. He claims they used excessive force and violated his federal civil rights by beating him, repeatedly punching him, hitting him with a flashlight and trying to shock him with a Taser. He claims the officers beat him so severely that he was in critical condition.

In their response to the lawsuit, the officers denied any wrongdoing. They admit throughout their response they struck�Casaburri several times, but it was in a legitimate effort to take into custody�a violently struggling suspect who fought�the officers' efforts to arrest him.

Casaburri is seeking compensatory and punitive damages, as well as attorney fees, from the officers.

The case is scheduled for a status hearing in U.S. District�Court in Boston next month.

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