A Massachusetts police officer was arrested and placed on paid administrative leave by his department after an alleged assault on his 72-year-old neighbor over a paddleboard fight.
Sgt. Scott Saunders of the Hull Police Department was arrested on July 24 in Pembroke, Massachusetts. Saunders was charged with assault and battery on a person over 60. Saunders was placed on paid administrative leave by the Hull Police Department.
Harry Horsley, Saunders’ neighbor of 36 years, claimed the off-duty police officer struck his car with a paddleboard. That’s when the brouhaha allegedly started after a neighbor.
Horsley told Boston 25, “‘Why did you hit my car?’ That’s all I said. He bull-rushed me down to the ground, landed on top of me, I’m on my back. He pounded away. I’m like this trying to protect myself from getting hit worse.”
Video shows the confrontation mid-fight with Saunders on top of his 72-year-old neighbor. The men separate from each other, and trade shoves with each other. Horsley was seen bloodied and bruised after the physical altercation, including a large cut under his eye.
Horsley told police that Saunders “sucker punched” him and threw him to the ground.
Horsley said, “Here I am, 72 years old, I…
