SANTA ROSA, Calif. - A former Sonoma County sheriff's deputy who slammed a man's head into a car door frame last year and put him in a neck hold after a chase has been indicted by a grand jury on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter.Charles Blount, 61, turned himself in at the Sonoma County jail Monday night on a warrant issued by the Superior Court in the county north of San Francisco, the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office said.
The grand jury's indictment was returned on Oct. 30. He is scheduled to be arraigned on Tuesday. WARNING GRAPHIC: Deputies slam man's head into car, tase himHe was booked on suspicion of felony involuntary manslaughter and misdemeanor assault by a public officer and released in about an hour after posting $50,000.