Prosecutors have stayed charges against a Brandon, Man., constable accused of assault and theft last year after he pinned one person down on the hood of his police cruiser and confiscated the cellphone of another.

The professional consequences the officer has already suffered were part of the reason for staying the charges, the Crown said.

Brandon Police Service Const. Darwin Raga was charged in March 2024 following a probe by the Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba into the Sept. 3, 2023,…