By james art BATON ROUGE — A released report says an officer connected to the BRAVE Cave allegations recently completed a week-long suspension.
The Advocate reported that Cpl. Joseph Carboni was absent from Oct. 1 to Oct. 7 after officials determined he used excessive force when he hit a handcuffed 15-year-old boy in the head with a Taser in June 2023. The newspaper cited Baton Rouge Police Department records.
The newspaper said Superintendent TJ Morse approved the suspension after a six-month investigation.
The teenager’s mother has filed a civil rights lawsuit, saying Carboni illegally stripped her younger son when he was 11. The family claims police led the 11-year-old son out of the house in only his underwear, grabbing and beating him -their eldest son, who was 17 years old at the time, and stunned their 15-year-old son with an electric shock.