A Cambridge police officer returned to court Wednesday and faced more severe charges for allegedly beating a restaurant employee in Revere last month.

Jonathan Vicente, 25, was arrested on July 10 and arraigned on July 11 on charges of disturbing the peace. In Chelsea District Court on Wednesday — his first appearance since the initial arraignment — he was charged with assault and battery, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and malicious destruction of property, according to a statement from Suffolk District Attorney Dan Conley’s office.

Prosecutors said he was part of a group of men found urinating in an alley outside the restaurant Volare around 2 a.m. on July 10. When an employee told them to stop, Vicente and the others punched and kicked him, the DA’s office said. They also allegedly kicked a vehicle parked in the alley that belonged to another restaurant employee. Prosecutors said they only stopped and fled the alley when another employee came outside. Vicente and another man were found a short time later.


“Vicente allegedly became belligerent with the Revere officers, yelling that his rights were being violated and that he was ‘on the job,'” the DA’s office said in the statement.

Vicente, who was off-duty at the time, was placed on unpaid administrative leave from the department following his arrest. He began working for Cambridge police in 2015.

Cambridge police officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment Wednesday.

Vincente was released without bail and was asked to stay away from the victim and witnesses.