PAWTUCKET, R.I. (WPRI) — A Pawtucket police officer accused of unjustifiably shooting a teenager while off-duty last summer is facing new allegations that he harassed a couple and used excessive force on a woman during an unwarranted arrest back in 2019.
Emily and Francisco Rodrigues have filed a federal lawsuit seeking damages and a jury trial, accusing Officer Daniel Dolan of physically assaulting Emily while conducting an “unreasonable search and seizure,” according to court documents obtained by 12 News.
In the complaint, the couple said they encountered Dolan while out running errands on April 2, 2019. They claim he first harassed Francisco inside a store on West Avenue, then followed Emily to a nearby park where she had fled in fear of Dolan, who appeared to have “lost control of himself.”
It was there Dolan grabbed Emily, started “swinging her around like a rag doll” and pinned her up against a fence while groping her, according to the complaint. Once Francisco and several onlookers approached them, the couple said Dolan took out his stun gun and told them to back off before handcuffing Emily and throwing her into his cruiser, causing her to hit her head.
When Emily asked why she was being arrested, the complaint said Dolan told her “resisting arrest, obstructing, and disorderly conduct,” all of which she was eventually charged with.
The complaint stated these “baseless misdemeanor charges” hung over the woman’s head for more than two years. The case was eventually...
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