Hector Cartagena, a former Yonkers police sergeant, was found not guilty of assaulting a man during an arrest in 2024.

The verdict was announced by a Westchester County Court judge, who presided over the non-jury trial.

Cartagena was indicted on charges of second-degree assault, attempted assault in the second-degree – both felonies – and assault in the third-degree.

In March 2024, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office claimed the suspect led police on a high-speed chase that ended in a crash near Warburton and Glenwood avenues in Yonkers.

Arrest documents alleged Cartagena kicked the suspect four times and punched him 10 times in the face while he was being arrested. The suspect was said to have been left with a fractured orbital bone.