09:38 PM CDT on Monday, June 5, 2006

WWLTV.com

A New Orleans Policeman faces charges after a neighbor accused him of beating him with a gun.

A neighbor said Officer Marchant Paxton accused him of burglarizing his Algiers apartment and then hit him in the face with the officer's gun.

Investigators said DNA tests prove Paxton used his gun in the assault.

Officer Paxton has since been suspended without pay while the investigation continues, police said.