Two former parole officers accused of abusing people and lying about it face charges of false imprisonment and making false statements.

The Richmond County grand jury returned an indictment this week against Joshua Stephens and Terrell Yelverton at the request of the Georgia Attorney General's Office.

Mr. Stephens, hired as a parole officer in August 2001, was fired in March 2006. Mr. Yelverton, hired in October 1993, resigned in lieu of firing in March 2006, Scheree Lipscomb, the spokeswoman for the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles, said Wednesday. The parole board's internal investigation in March 2006 found both officers had violated board policies.

According to the board's investigative report obtained by The Chronicle, Troy Curry, a former parolee, tried to evade the parole officers the night of Nov. 9, 2004.

Mr. Yelverton drew his gun on Mr. Curry, the report stated, and Mr. Stephens then kicked Mr. Curry in the head as he lay on the ground. The internal investigation determined Mr. Curry was not on parole or in violation of any law.

The indictment charges a second count of false imprisonment for the detaining of Timothy Grant on Dec. 2, 2005, without legal justification.

According to the investigative report, Mr. Grant made an obscene gesture to the parole officers as they drove past. Mr. Yelverton allegedly pulled him off his bicycle and slammed him to the ground, and Mr. Stephens threatened him with a Taser held a few inches from his face, according to the report.

Although Mr. Grant had been on parole in the past, he was no longer under supervision that night.

Mr. Stevens faces one count of making false statements, and Mr. Yelverton faces two counts of making false statements in connection with the use of force on Quinten Clark the night of March 3, 2005.

Mr. Clark was spotted that day by the parole officers, who thought he was in violation of his parole. Mr. Clark ran and the officers chased him. That pursuit ended, according to the investigative report, with Mr. Yelverton using his Taser on Mr. Clark. At the time, according to the report, no warrant was pending against Mr. Clark.

Mr. Stephens and Mr. Yelverton could be arraigned next month in Richmond County Superior Court. Their case is assigned to Judge James G. Blanchard Jr.