DEPUTIES REASSIGNED IN EXCESSIVE-FORCE CASE

WINSTON-SALEM --Two Forsyth County sheriff's deputies accused of using
excessive force during an arrest have been reassigned until the State
Bureau of Investigation completes its probe of the incident.

Deputies S.D. Wells and G.L. Simpson will work in the radio room of the
sheriff's office instead of on the department's Highway Interdiction Team
until further notice, Undersheriff Robert Joyce said.

The decision came after sheriff's officials met Monday with members of the
local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People, who said they were concerned that officers used excessive force in
the arrest of Nakia Miguel Glenn, 20.

On Aug. 19, Glenn was stopped about 3 a.m. by the deputies, who said he was
driving erratically. Witnesses say that the traffic stop was unwarranted
and that the deputies hit Glenn on the head with flashlights.

Glenn suffered a head wound, which required staples, according to friends
and relatives. He also swallowed or choked on a small bag of cocaine during
the incident.

A news release issued this week by Forsyth Medical Center and signed by
Deana Mitchell, Glenn's mother, said that Glenn was no longer on life
support and that his vital signs were stable.

No other information is being released.

The NAACP has started its own investigation into the arrest, chapter
president Bill Tatum said.

Simpson has been with the sheriff's office since 1995. Wells, who has been
with the department since 1997, was accused of using excessive force during
the arrest of a man in January, and was cleared by Sheriff Ron Barker of
any wrongdoing.