SANTA ANA, Calif.
An Orange County sheriff's deputy has been indicted for allegedly using a Taser on a suspect who was handcuffed inside a patrol car.
Christopher Hibbs, 45, of Corona, is charged with one felony count of assault and battery by a public officer and one felony count of assault with a Taser.
Hibbs made a brief court appearance Friday and will be arraigned next month.
His attorney says he's innocent and was simply doing his job. He is on administrative leave.
Prosecutors allege Hibbs used the Taser once on Ignacio Gomez Lares on Sept. 13, 2007, when the man didn't give Hibbs his full name.
Lares was eventually sentenced to more than two years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm and for lying to Hibbs.
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