Suspended Buffalo cop denies roughing up suspect

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Suspended Buffalo Police Officer Joseph Hassett pleaded not guilty, Tuesday, to a five-count indictment accusing him of roughing up a prisoner in his custody at the city’s Police Central Booking, last March.
This was Hassett’s second time pleading not guilty to the same charges in a second court. He was initially charged with assault, filing false statements, and official misconduct, in city court. Then two days before his trial was set to start, last mon