Officers Face Criminal Charges Over Arrest Of Loveland Woman With Dementia

Loveland Police Department
Karen Garner was arrested by Loveland police officers last summer after trying to leave a Walmart store without paying for $14 of items.
Updated at 5:13 p.m.
Following the violent arrest of an elderly woman with dementia last summer, two former officers with the Loveland Police Department are now facing criminal charges.
Prosecutors filed charges on Wednesday, after Fort Collins Police and the Eighth Judicial District wrapped up a criminal investigation into the officers' conduct.
The first officer involved in the arrest of Karen Garner, Austin Hopp, faces charges of second-degree assault of an at-risk person, attempt to influence a public servant in how he reported the incident and official misconduct. The second officer who arrived on the scene, Daria Jalali, was charged with failing to report excessive use of force, failure to intervene and official misconduct.

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