A Niagara Regional Police officer is facing an assault charge after the provincial police watchdog investigated how a man was injured during an arrest back in August. The charge stems from an incident on Aug. 16, when police were called to a drug store in Niagara Falls about an assault complaint. The Special Investigations Unit says a police officer located a man behind a business on Thorold Stone Road and arrested him. "There was an interaction between the man and the officer, which resulted in serious injuries to the man," an SIU news release reads. A Niagara police sergeant has been charged with assault causing bodily harm.

Source: CBC News October 20, 2016 17:48 UTC