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![]() PLYMOUTH (CBS) — A former Plymouth police sergeant was convicted Wednesday of using excessive force on a man he was arresting and then falsifying the police report to cover it up. After three hours of deliberation, a jury convicted Shawn Coughlin, 47, of deprivation of constitutional rights under color of law and falsifying a record to impede a federal investigation. Coughlin was found guilty of striking an arrestee in the head and kneeing him in the body while he was in a holding cell with his hands handcuffed behind his back, in November 2011. Read More |