BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore police officer has been charged with assault and misconduct in office.

Prosecutors say Officer Terrell Carter punched a person who was in a holding cell after being taken into custody on Jan. 1. They say Carter punched the inmate after the two got into a verbal altercation.

Carter was charged in the case on Thursday. No attorney is listed for him in court records.

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