PARMA, Ohio (WOIO) — Former Brooklyn Police Sergeant Paul Stein had his second pretrial hearing at Parma Municipal Court on Monday.
It’s a story 19 Investigates has been following since February.
Stein is charged with one count of misdemeanor assault stemming from an incident last fall.
On September 4, 2025, police arrested a Parma woman on an outstanding warrant for aggravated menacing.
19 Investigates is concealing her identity since she’s now considered a victim.
When she arrived at the station, she was surrounded by seven officers while her hands were cuffed behind her back.
They say she was being belligerent and uncooperative.
Incident at police station
Officers strapped the woman to a restraint chair.
Stein can be seen pinning her shoulders back while standing on top of her feet.
The woman can be heard hollering at Stein several times to get off her.
“You’re hurting me, get off my feet,” the woman yelled.
When he didn’t, she spit in his face.
Video shows Stein quickly delivering a series of punches to her head.
Court hearing for former Brooklyn police sergeant accused of punching restrained woman.(Brooklyn Police Department)
This past February, the woman told 19 Investigates Stein also used his full weight to stand on top of her feet, even though she was only wearing socks at the time.
“The police officer strapped me to a chair and held me down, while one large police officer crushed my feet with his boots,” she said.
Stein — who had been with the department for 18 years — was later fired.
Last month, 19 Investigator Mike Mason confronted Stein outside his first hearing.
Both Stein and his attorney, Dominic Vitantonio, refused to answer questions.
Stein pleaded not guilty to one count of misdemeanor assault.
The woman has since hired an attorney and plans to sue both Stein and the Brooklyn Police Department.
The same attorney is also representing a man in another incident involving Stein in April 2025.
Former police sergeant accused of assault in two separate cases.(Brooklyn Police Department)
In that case, Stein is accused of assaulting the man after being involved in a motor vehicle accident on I-90 in Westlake.
Stein wasn’t charged in that incident.
His final pretrial hearing is set for May 11.
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