Dumping of disabled man draws suspensions
Criminal Law
A Florida sheriff's deputy caught on videotape dumping a suspect out of a wheelchair has been suspended without pay along with three of her supervisors.
Hillsborough County Sheriff David Gee said he was at a loss for words after viewing a video of the incident that took place at the county detention center, The Tampa (Fla.) Tribune reported Wednesday.
The video shows Deputy Charlette Marshall-Jones dumping Brian Sterner out of a wheelchair and then checking his pockets before she and another deputy returned him to the chair.
Sterner, 32, who was taken in for a traffic violation Jan. 29, is unable to walk although he can drive a car.
His attorney wants Marshall-Jones charged with felony battery and wants her supervisors to be disciplined and undergo retraining.
"I can't imagine any explanation she might have," Gee said in the Tribune article. "This was not a training issue; it's a human decency issue."
An internal affairs investigation into the incident is underway.
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A divorce in Ohio is filed when there is typically “fault” by one of the parties and party not at “fault” seeks to end the marriage. A court in Ohio may grant a divorce for the following reasons:
• Willful absence of the adverse party for one year
• Adultery
• Extreme cruelty
• Fraudulent contract
• Any gross neglect of duty
• Habitual drunkenness
• Imprisonment in a correctional institution at the time of filing the complaint
• Procurement of a divorce outside this state by the other party
Additionally, there are two “no-fault” basis for which a court may grant a divorce:
• When the parties have, without interruption for one year, lived separate and apart without cohabitation
• Incompatibility, unless denied by either party
However, whether or not the the court grants the divorce for “fault” or not, in Ohio the party not at “fault” will not get a bigger slice of the marital property.