FALL RIVER — Nicholas Hoar, the 37-year-old Fall River police officer found guilty in federal court on Feb. 1 for assaulting a prisoner with a police baton and lying about it to cover up the assault, resigned from the Fall River Police Department days after his conviction. 

With Hoar free on bail as he awaits sentencing on April 24, the Fall River Police Department is moving ahead with internal investigations into the assault on William Harvey, 58, inside a jail cell at police headquarters on Dec. 21, 2020. 

After a four-day trial, a jury convicted Hoar of depriving Harvey of his civil rights under color of law and two counts of filing false reports. 

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