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Two fired Phoenix, Arizona, police officers have been arrested and charged with multiple felonies after being accused of conducting an unreported traffic stop and violently using force on a man and a woman, authorities said. Phoenix Police Chief Matt Giordano announced charges against former Phoenix officers Luis Vasquez Jr. and Antonio Felix, saying he has terminated both officers from the department. "I'm here to share with you that former officers Felix and Vasquez have been arrested, and I fired them both," Giordano said at a news conference on Saturday night. Officer Luis Vasquez Jr. of the Phoenix Police Department was arrested on multiple felony charges, including aggravated assault and robbery, allegedly stemming from an unreported traffic stop. Phoenix Police DepartmentAccording to a police report obtained by ABC's Phoenix affiliate station KNXV, the man and woman told the Tempe police officers that they were pulled over in Phoenix by an SUV with lights and siren around 11:30 p.m. on Aug. 5. The man and woman said that during the incident, the two officers punched them, restrained them and used a stun gun on them while they were still in their car, according to the report.
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