Posted on 07/08/2008 10:24:53 AM PDT by MplsSteve
A Hillsborough sheriff's deputy who said he had always wanted to spend his life in law enforcement used a Taser on his wife then held his service pistol to her head before he was arrested and held for mental evaluation, deputies say.
Carlos Thomas Tanner, 38, a 10-year veteran of the sheriff's office, was arrested at his Dover home about 1:45 a.m. Monday. He is charged with felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and misdemeanor battery-domestic violence.
Tanner was taken in under the state's Baker Act because he threatened to harm himself if he were arrested, sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Carter said. The Baker Act allows for involuntary commitment up to 72 hours for mental evaluation.
Tanner works as a community resource deputy in the Plant City area, serving as a public representative of the sheriff's office rather than a patrol deputy.
The sheriff's office said Tanner had been drinking Sunday and got into a fight with his wife of 12 years, Kristine. He pushed her onto a bed about 6:15 p.m., then took a Taser from his duty belt and used the weapon three to four times on her abdomen, the sheriff's office said.
She received burns from the Taser, which shoots electrified darts on wires from a handheld device.
Tanner then set aside the Taser and picked up his silver, semiautomatic service pistol from underneath the mattress. He placed the gun against his wife's temple for about 10 seconds, the sheriff's office said.
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Comments or opinions - anyone?
Nothing, you already told her twice.
If it had been Pinellas county, he’d have killed her.
I hope the wife is arming herself as we speak. Something tells me she’s going to need it.
ps now that I think about it, there's been plenty of women that I would really like to have tasered...
She’d be the first person to be disarmed in this situation. I am not kidding.
Don’t Tase Me, Hub!
Some might consider this foreplay.
And I don't like my odds.
He was a cop, he’s probably INNOCENT according to many around here. She probably caused the problem by arguing with him, something that shouldn’t be done with anyone in a uniform (so I’ve been told on several threads here in the past couple of years).
So... she’s guilty, according to many people that frequent FR.
You gotta sleep sometime.
Never an argument, because both of them know not to argue with a cop!
(do I really need to add a /sarc to my post?)
Hey, I bet the home of two LEOs married to one another must be like heaven!
I think you may be painting with too wide a brush.
I have seen many times where cops have assaulted people and get paroled quite quickly. Or else they get some kind of an anger management class. This on charges nearly anyone else would be doing time for.
This guy may be in a crazy ward for the moment, but when released from the loonie bin he should be in jail and terminated from carrying a gun or being a cop.
“He was a cop, he’s probably INNOCENT according to many around here.”
Not according to me. A lot of LEO’s think they are above the law. The jerk probably has an attitude and an ego to go with it.
Not according to me either, that was sarcasm :)
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