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Lawrence police officer charged with battery

Matthew Brandenburg is accused of hitting a woman at a bar on Massachusetts Avenue in Indianapolis back in June.

INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) — A Lawrence police officer is being charged with battery.

Matthew Brandenburg is accused of hitting a woman at a bar on Massachusetts Avenue in Indianapolis back in June.

Brandenburg was off-duty at the time.

The incident was caught on the club's security video.

According to court documents, Brandenburg elbowed a woman in the head during an argument. That woman told police she went to the hospital and was treated for a concussion and seizure.

The blow also knocked the woman's head into another woman causing that second woman to have to be treated for a concussion.

Brandenburg told investigators he didn't remember the incident. He is on administrative duty pending the outcome of the investigation.

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