Deputy Used Stun Gun On Wife, Hillsborough Sheriff's Office Says
By JOSH POLTILOVE | The Tampa Tribune
Published: July 7, 2008
TAMPA - A Hillsborough County deputy was arrested this morning after he used a Taser three to four times on his wife and placed a semiautomatic gun against her left temple, deputies say.
About 6:15 p.m. Sunday, Carlos Thomas Tanner, who had been drinking, got into an altercation with his wife of 12 years, Kristine, a sheriff's office news release states.
He pushed her onto a bed, then took a Taser from his Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office duty belt and used the weapon on her stomach, causing Taser burns.
Then he set aside the Taser and got his service pistol – a silver semiautomatic gun – from underneath the mattress, according to the release. He placed the gun against his wife's temple for about 10 seconds, it states.
His wife went to a friend's home, and law enforcement was contacted. She did not need to go to a hospital, sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Carter said.
Tanner, a 10-year veteran who works in District 2, was arrested about 1:45 a.m. in Dover and charged with felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and misdemeanor battery-domestic violence.
Tanner, who remained in Orient Road Jail this morning, declined to comment about the incident.
His bail had not been set.
Tanner, 38, was placed on administrative leave without pay, and an administrative review was pending.
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