ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A former Hapeville police officer was sentenced Wednesday to more than three years in prison for repeatedly tasing a handcuffed detainee and writing a false report to cover it up.

On June 3, 2024, Hapeville Police Department officers arrested a man for trespassing at an apartment complex and took him to police headquarters, where he was handcuffed to a bench in a holding cell, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia.

Though the man didn't pose a threat, Officer Shevoy Brown entered the cell twice and tased him at least six times, including in his genitals,  without any legal justification,  the attorney's office said

Brown stopped tasing the victim after another officer intervened, according to prosecutors.

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An ambulance took the detainee to a hospital for his injuries, after which Brown wrote a false use of force report to cover up his actions.

In the report, Brown wrote that he tased the victim twice to make him compliant after he kicked the door and window to the holding cell.

The victim, however,  had stopped hitting the window before Brown entered the cell and had never kicked anything,  the attorney's office said.

Brown also did not mention that the man was handcuffed to a bench or that he tased him four more times.

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In February 2025, Brown was indicted on charges of using unreasonable force and obstruction of justice.

Brown, now 31, was convicted on Feb. 26, 2026. He was sentenced Wednesday to three years and one month in prison, followed by two years of supervised release.

Shevoy Brown mugshot (Fulton County Sheriff's Office)

 Brown willfully violated our Constitution by abusing his power to violently and unnecessarily assault a man in his custody. He then made matters worse by writing a false report in a failed effort to obstruct any investigation of the matter,  U.S. Attorney Theodore Hertzberg said in a 

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