An Aurora Detention Center officer is facing a felony assault charge after he was accused of using excessive force against a inmate in October.

Christopher Freitas, 41, allegedly pinned and pulled the right arm of Austin Young, 28, around a cell door, causing it to break, after Young punched another detention center officer while he was being processed on Oct. 6, according to a Friday news release from the City of Aurora.

Young was hospitalized with a fracture and needed surgery to restore blood flow to his arm, according to the release. Toxicology reports taken at the time showed he had tested positive for several substances, including opioids, cocaine and benzodiazepines.

Surveillance footage provided by the city shows Young being taken out of his holding cell and brought into the processing area around 5 a.m. that day. After a detention center officer enters Young’s personal information into a computer, the man gets up from a chair and immediately throws a punch before shuffling backward.

Two detention center personnel can then be seen tackling Young to the ground, and four others rush to the area to try and keep him there, according to the video. One uniformed staff member draws a taser; the sound of the taser firing can be heard at least seven separate times on body-worn camera footage from the incident.

On another camera, uniformed staff member, appearing to be Freitas, pulls Young’s right arm around a green cell doorframe, using the post as leverage and appearing to bend the arm in the wrong direction. It is at that moment when Young appears to stop struggling and uniformed personnel are able to subdue him.

Freitas, who has worked at the Aurora Detention Center since October 2023, is on indefinite, unpaid suspension as authorities investigate the incident, according to the release. The 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office charged Freitas and Young each with second-degree assault.

Detention officers are not sworn police officers and are employed by the city’s Court Administration Department, according to the release.