The Department of Justice has indicted a former Metro Transit Police officer for using unreasonable force on an individual in February of last year, the United States Attorney’s Office for D.C. announced in a press release on Thursday.

Andra Vance, a 45-year-old officer with MTPD, assaulted a person on February 16, 2018 while he was on duty, according to the indictment. Vance allegedly used his baton to strike a person multiple times on the head, and to choke that person without legal cause, the indictment says. He was not responding to a call for service, according to Metro spokesperson Dan Stessel. The incident occurred at the Anacostia Metro Station.

The person was injured as a result of Vance’s actions, according to the USAO’s office.

Vance is facing up to 10 years in prison for the incident, as well as a $250,000 fine for each of the two civil rights violations he’s accused of committing.

Transit police reviewed Vance’s use of force in the incident and immediately suspended the officer, launched an internal investigation, and notified federal authorities, says Stessel, who also notes that the review happened “independent of any citizen complaint or media coverage.”

Vance was terminated from the transit police force on March 1, 2019, Stessel says. The Metro spokesperson declined to provide any details regarding Vance’s employment history, including how long he worked with the department and whether any previous complaints had been made about his policing, “as this may be a topic presented at trial.” A Metro press release from 2006 names Vance as an officer who received a meritorious service award for his policing.

“While on patrol, Officer Vance witnessed an individual jump onto the tracks at L’Enfant Plaza station and grab the electrified third rail,” reads the old release. “Officer Vance immediately notified MTPD communications and requested to turn off third rail power. Officer Vance then calmly spoke with and calmed the man, then helped him off of the tracks.”