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  "path": "/briefs/cumberland-police-captain-indicted-on-11-counts-of-assault-misconduct-other-charges/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-10T20:15:54.000Z",
  "site": "https://marylandmatters.org",
  "tags": [
    "Justice",
    "Charlton T. Howard III",
    "Cumberland Police captain",
    "Cumberland Policer Department",
    "fourth-degree sex offense",
    "misconduct in office",
    "Office of the State Prosecutor",
    "pain compliance pressure points",
    "second-degree assault"
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  "textContent": "State officials announced an 11-count indictment against a former Cumberland Police Department captain who is accused of assaulting younger, female officers by applying \"pain compliance pressure points,\" grips typically used to subdue suspects.",
  "title": "Cumberland Police captain indicted on 11 counts of assault, misconduct, other charges"
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