Newly launched surveillance footage exhibits a Arizona police officer roughing up a 9-months-pregnant girl in handcuffs at a reserving facility final yr — as a grand jury indictment has pressured the feminine cop out of the power.
Within the footage, Carri Carrico, 47, is seen shoving the 21-year-old sufferer right into a wall and dragging her to a bench on the facility in Buckeye exterior Phoenix in November 2025. The previous officer can also be seen swinging on the girl’s head.
The pregnant girl was taken to the hospital with a contusion and a concussion, based on a courtroom submitting. She informed police that Carrico hit her after the officer took her into custody for reckless driving.
Carrico’s physique digicam additionally confirmed her verbally berating the girl, calling her “gross,” “nasty,” and “an a—.”
The officer can also be accused of assaulting a person in custody two months later, punching him within the head as two different officers escorted him. Carrico slugged the person, who was suspected of home violence and aggravated assault, after he head-butted her, footage exhibits.
The person claims she threw the punch whereas he was restrained.
“She tore my shirt,” he’s heard saying the footage. “She punched me within the face after I was already restrained.”
Carrico responded by threatening the person with violence.
“I’ll smash you so onerous into this f—ing wall you gained’t see straight,” she mentioned. “Do you perceive me? Do you f—ing perceive?”
On Might 27, a grand jury indicted her on two counts of aggravated assault for each incidents. She has plead not responsible.
Carrico went on unpaid go away final month after the fees had been introduced and resigned from the Buckeye Police Division on June 4. She had spent a number of years with the division after almost a decade with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Workplace in California.
She admitted throughout an inside investigation that video of her with the pregnant girl “seems actually ugly,” however she nonetheless defended herself.
“I’ll say I’ve by no means as soon as in my life open-hand slapped or struck anyone. And on this second, I simply assume the one factor that I did was revert to my coaching,” she mentioned.
A supervising sergeant mentioned in inside overview information obtained by ABC15 that her actions had been “very aggressive” and “undoubtedly excessive and pointless.”
The previous officer obtained a Hero Award from the Moms Towards Drunk Driving (MADD) group final yr, and appeared in an episode of COPS in 2022 whereas she was with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Workplace.
Her trial is scheduled for November.
