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Metro Vancouver transit officer, former partner charged

A transit police officer and his former partner have been charged with assault after a confrontation at a SkyTrain station in Vancouver. Global News

A Metro Vancouver transit police officer and his former partner have been charged in connection with a 2011 incident at a Vancouver SkyTrain station.

Edgardo Diaz and Michael Hughes face charges of assault causing bodily harm and assault with a weapon following an alleged altercation with a man at the Rupert SkyTrain station that resulted in a request by Transit Police for an investigation.

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Diaz still works for the Transit Police in an administrative capacity while Hughes left the force in 2012.

-with files from Canadian Press

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