--- description: Two state troopers who repeatedly punched a suspect following a police chase in New Hampshire have been arrested and charged with assault title: State Troopers Caught on Video Punching Suspect Are Charged With Assault image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8666d5847367fd25/69889c9afb4eac7e1888e597/new-hampshite-state-trooper-arrest.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # State Troopers Caught on Video Punching Suspect Are Charged With Assault  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 19, 2016 8:16 PM CUT  police car with siren light closeup on green background, selective focus police car with siren light closeup on green background, selective focusSergeyIT—iStockphoto/Getty Images  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 19, 2016 8:16 PM CUT Two state troopers who were [captured on video repeatedly punching a suspect](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/07/19/state-troopers-charged-with-assault-after-video-shows-officers-punching-driver/?postshare=4271468954611954&tid=ss%5Ftw&utm%5Fterm=.4c3fb02a5606 "undefined") as he slowly exited his vehicle following a [long police chase](http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/05/13/state-troopers-suspended-over-video-showing-beating-driver-after-pursuit.html "undefined") in New Hampshire have been arrested and charged with assault, officials said Tuesday. Massachusetts State Police Trooper Joseph Flynn, 32, and New Hampshire State Police Trooper Andrew Monaco, 31, face criminal charges stemming from their use of force in an arrest in May, New Hampshire Attorney General Joseph Foster said in a [news release](http://doj.nh.gov/media-center/press-releases/2016/20160719-criminal-charges-officers.htm "undefined"). The two officers can be seen in [aerial footage](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/07/19/state-troopers-charged-with-assault-after-video-shows-officers-punching-driver/?postshare=4271468954611954&tid=ss%5Ftw&utm%5Fterm=.4c3fb02a5606 "undefined") allegedly beating 50-year-old Richard Simone, Jr. immediately after the driver who led them on a multi-state pursuit gets out of his white pickup truck and slowly gets on his hands and knees. Flynn was charged with two counts of simple assault and Monaco was charged with three counts of simple assault, Foster said. They were released on personal recognizance and are set to be arraigned in September. Both have been suspended without pay, according to the Washington _Post_. The police chase began in Massachusetts when authorities tried to stop a truck being driven by Simone, the _Post_ reports. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4413692/state-troopers-charged-punch-suspect/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4413692/state-troopers-charged-punch-suspect/"},"headline":"State Troopers Caught on Video Punching Suspect Are Charged With Assault","datePublished":"2016-07-19T20:16:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T09:55:39.390Z","description":"Video of the violent arrest had gone viral","url":"https://time.com/4413692/state-troopers-charged-punch-suspect/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8666d5847367fd25/69889c9afb4eac7e1888e597/new-hampshite-state-trooper-arrest.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8666d5847367fd25/69889c9afb4eac7e1888e597/new-hampshite-state-trooper-arrest.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"police car with siren light closeup","caption":"","creditText":"SergeyIT—iStockphoto/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4413692/state-troopers-charged-punch-suspect/","name":"State Troopers Caught on Video Punching Suspect Are Charged With Assault"}}]}] ```