Mauldin Police Officer Arrested After Pointing Gun At Woman During Argument
BY Herschel Smith
5 years, 10 months ago
A Mauldin police officer was arrested and placed on suspension after he was charged with pointing a firearm at a female victim early Sunday morning, according to authorities.
The officer was taken into custody Sunday after Greenville County sheriff’s deputies were called to investigate a disturbance involving a firearm, Lt. Jimmy Bolt of the Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
Bolt said deputies responded to Sprouts Grocery in Simpsonville early Sunday in reference to a disturbance involving a firearm. A female victim told deputies that she and a male acquaintance had gotten into a verbal argument at a residence, after which the man retrieved a gun, pointed it at the woman and told her to leave, the Sheriff’s Office report said.
After fleeing, the woman called the Sheriff’s Office, the report said.
Deputies took the man into custody without incident and he is currently being held in the detention center.
Mauldin Police confirmed the man was employed as a police officer with the department, but has been placed on suspension.
The firearm that was used during the incident was a personally owned firearm and not his duty firearm, Bolt said.
A wee bit violent, yes? Assault with a deadly weapon, it is.
At least he didn’t use his service weapon. That means he’ll be back on the force in no time from his paid vacation.
On February 26, 2019 at 12:45 pm, ExpatNJ said:
What would the good officer have done if the victim had deployed a weapon, and, maybe, even, shot at the good officer? What would the final tally have been?