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From [HERE] A Beaumont police officer has been indicted by a criminal grand jury on three felony counts of assault and one felony count of use of force causing great bodily injury stemming from a DUI traffic stop in February, a District Attorney's spokesman said.

Beaumont police Officer Enoch Clark, 36, was arraigned Thursday morning in Riverside Superior Court, and he pleaded not guilty to all four charges, John Hall of the Riverside County D.A.'s office said.

"On Feb. 21, 2012, Clark was on duty, working patrol in the city of Beaumont," Hall said in a District Attorney's statement. "During his shift, Clark was involved in a possible driving under the influence investigation. While conducting that investigation, there was an altercation between the officer and a woman he was attempting to handcuff.

"Clark then pulled out a less-than-lethal device issued by his department called a JPX device," the District Attorney's statement said. "This device uses a 'wafer' of gun powder to propel a stream of pepper spray . . . at a speed of more than 400 mph.

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