Victim of violent arrest in Trois-Rivières faces new charges

Watch: Surveillance video showing arrest

MONTREAL – New charges are expected to be laid against Alexis Vadeboncoeur, who was the subject of a violent arrest by Trois-Rivières police last February.

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The 20-year-old man was recently evicted from the house where he was ordered to stay in order to undergo six months of drug therapy.

He was expelled from the program after violating the rules. As he did not complete the therapy program, this will mean new charges.

Vadeboncoeur was charged with armed robbery after being accused of entering a Trois-Rivières pharmacy on Feb. 2, 2013, wearing a mask and armed with a handgun.

His case attracted international attention after his arrest – an act of alleged police brutality – was caught in part on surveillance video.

Four officers were seen kicking and punching a man who lay face down on the ground in a snowy parking lot in Trois-Rivières.

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Police officers Marc-Andre St-Amant, Barbara Provencher, Dominic Pronovost and Kaven Deslauriers were suspended without pay and face seven charges, including assault with a weapon, assault causing bodily harm, negligent use of a firearm, fabricating police reports and obstruction of justice.

– With files from La Presse Canadienne, The Canadian Press and Cogeco News