Ottawa police officer dragged Wholesale Bags spouse
A 33 year veteran police officer draggedhis common law spouseupstairs by the hair to force her to tell him where she had hidden his service firearm after an argument about household chores hadtaken a turn.
Sgt. Al Ferris, Wholesale Handbags who was charged with assault and improperly storing his servicegun on March 8, pleaded guilty last month to assault.
Patrol officers had responded to his home after receiving a 911 call from Ferris of seven years saying Ferris had assaulted her. The couple had spentthe better part of that Saturday morning arguing aboutchores, but the disagreement escalated as Ferris and his partner began throwing personal items at each other, according to an agreed statement of facts.
To cool down, each retreated to a separate room. Ferris spouse went into the master bedroom closet where the sergeant stores his gun, removed the unloaded firearm from its plastic box, and hid it inside a laundry basket in the same room.
Crown attorney Monica Heine told court that the woman wasn hiding the gun out of any fear that Ferris would use the weapon on her.
When Ferrisdiscovered that his gun wasn where he kept itandasked his spouse for it, she refused to tell him.
“He became quite distressed when he realized the service firearm was not where he had left it, defence lawyer Bill Carroll said. was very concerned about that. then grabbed her by the hair, pulled her upstairs into the bedroom and shoved her into the closet. She yelled and anadult son who was in the home intervened, ending the altercation.
The criminal charge of improperly storing his firearm was withdrawn.
Ferris was given a conditional discharge, meaning if he follows his court orders for a period of 12 months probation, the finding of guilt will be removed from his criminal record three years after his probationary period ends.
Carroll told Ontario Court Justice Jean Legault that Ferris will face internal police consequences under the Police Services Act, provincial legislation that governs forces in Ontario.
Ferris has yet to enter his internal disciplinary hearing pleas for Wholesale Sunglasses one count of discreditable conduct for the assault and one count of insubordination for allegedly improperly storing the firearm, which has not been withdrawn.
Carroll also told the court that the incident appeared to be a and that nothing like it hadever happened before.
Ferris declined to Cheap Sunglasses speak to the court before being sentenced.
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