QUINCY, Mass. —

A recent graduate of the Boston Fire Academy was arrested Sunday after police said they witnessed her punching a man in the face while he was on the ground in a parking lot outside a restaurant.

Cara Stapleton, who was among the Boston Fire Department recruits pinned at the graduation ceremony earlier this month, was arrested Sunday evening in Quincy. According to a police report, she was seen punching a man in the face two to three times while he lay on his back in the parking lot outside Chantey Restaurant. Latest Forecast

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"I activated my emergency siren to alert the two parties and this is when I again witnessed Stapleton open hand slap (the man) in the face," an officer wrote.

Police noted that Stapleton and t

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