A former St. Paul police officer was found guilty Friday on malicious punishment of a child and fifth-degree assault charges for shoving and striking a teen last year at a group home where he worked as a counselor.

Clemmie Tucker Sr., 66, confronted the teen, who suffers from mental health and behavioral issues, after an incident on Jan. 30, 2016, at Vintage Place. The group home is on East Ivy Avenue in St. Paul.

Ramsey County prosecutors said Tucker, a former Golden Gloves boxer, hit the boy with a “left hook” and then continued to strike him multiple times.

“Everything in this case will show (that Tucker) unreasonably assaulted,” Assistant Ramsey County Attorney Cory Tennison had said during opening statements in the trial.

Police officers who responded to the group home after the incident found the young teen “crying” and “bruised,” Tennison said.

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St. Louis Park man, 23, accused of joining Islamic State, is returned to U.S. to face terrorism charges Tucker’s attorney, Christopher Zipko, argued that Tucker was defending himself at the time.

Vintage Place has a history of violations for past problematic behavior as determined by the Minnesota Department of Human Services, the attorney argued.

Tucker was fired from Vintage Place after the incident. He had worked there since 2012.

Tucker served as a St. Paul police officer for 23 years until his retirement in 1998. The former boxer also ran the now-defunct B.T. Bombers gym in St. Paul.