ELYRIA -- A juvenile detention center supervisor in northeast Ohio has been fired after authorities said a security videotape showed him slamming the face of a 16-year-old inmate on a table.
James Catalano was suspended following the July incident in Elyria. He was fired Tuesday by a Lorain County administrator.
The teen was facing a weapons charge. Catalano says he restrained the teen because of taunting comments made while staff members were trying to restore order after a fight. The video shows the teen getting slammed headfirst into a tabletop, but there is no audio. The boy had a split chin and required 17 stitches.
Catalano could not be reached for comment. There is no phone listing under his name in the Lorain County area.
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