A FORMER METRO DETENTION CENTER GUARD IS INDICTED ON AGGRAVATED BATTERY CHARGES FOR A 2015 INCIDENT AT THE JAIL ON ALBUQUERQUE’S WEST SIDE. ERIC ALLEN ALLEGEDLY TOLD GUARDS TO HURT INMATE JOE RAY BARELA WHO WAS BEING TREATED AT THE M-D-C’S INFIRMARY.
THIS IS NOT THE ONLY TIME ALLEN HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF GOING OVER THE LINE. A LITTLE OVER TWO YEARS AGO, ALLEN WAS CAUGHT ON VIDEO SHOCKING A FEMALE INMATE WITH A STUN GUN AND PEPPER SPRAYING HER.
