Piqua Police Officer Brett Marrs has been suspended for 28 days because of actions he took in April 2013 while not on duty.
Wednesday night the mother of the juvenile girl who was hurt because of those actions, Frankie "Shelly" Atkinson, spoke to News Center 7's Layron Livingston.
The punishment was given to Marrs on Friday, Jan. 10, after an internal investigation concluded he acted in a manner unbecoming a police officer.
Late on the night of April 29, 2013, Marrs tackled and injured a juvenile female who was at his home with other juveniles to toilet-paper and vandalize the home.
During a Dec. 7 pre-disciplinary hearing, no evidence was presented to overturn the allegations. Marrs admitted to the violations.
The suspension began Monday and Marrs was ordered to surrender his gun and badge. He is not allowed to act as a police officer during his suspension, according to the Piqua Police Department.
The girl who was tackled suffered a shattered, dislocated ankle and underwent surgery in which eight pins and a plate were implanted, according to her mother, Frankie "Shelly" Atkinson.
Atkinson has filed a civil lawsuit against Marrs. A grand jury considered evidence in the case but chose not to indict Marrs for any criminal offense.
Atkinson said her daughter was there with six other people, including her other daughter, to toilet-paper the home because they were mad at Marrs' stepdaughter.
Atkinson doesn't give any excuses for their behavior. Her daughters were charged in juvenile court and disciplined at home.
Atkinson recounted the events as told to her by her daughter.
Atkinson said the teens had streamed toilet paper around the home and left syrup on the front door and were returning to their car.
"Right about that time. she said she felt a hand on her shoulder. Somebody said 'Gotchya!' and she went down to the ground. He punched her in the side." Atkinson said.
Atkinson said her daughter didn't know who it was until getting back up and making eye-contact with Marrs.
"She got away and ran a little bit further to where he, like a football tackle, tackled her to the ground," she said.
Though he was not on duty, Atkinson said Marrs was given special treatment because he's a police officer.
"From the beginning, the police department told me he needed to be treated like a civilian because he was off-duty," she said. "As a civilian, he would have went to jail that night. If this happened at my house and my husband tackled a girl and punched her, he would have went to jail that night."
Atkinson said the police department wasn't listening to her complaints until she got an attorney.
"I never wanted anybody to lose their job," she said. "My kids made a mistake that night too. But I think he should be held accountable for what he did ... He went too far. He punched my kid."
Atkinson said her home has been "toilet-papered" three times since since the incident.
News Center 7 reached out for comment from Officer Marrs, but he refused comment. His wife, Alice Marrs, did speak with News Center 7's Layron Livingston.
"I think that it is horrible that we live in a community where officers who risk their lives protecting other people aren't allowed to protect their own family," Alice said.
