Okeechobee deputy arrested on charge of striking wife
March 24th, 2009 by Ana X. Ceron
Eric Ferguson
OKEECHOBEE — A detention deputy with the Okeechobee County Sheriff’s Office will be placed on unpaid administrative leave after he was arrested on a charge of domestic battery, according to sheriff’s officials.
At 12:01 a.m., a sheriff’s deputy responded to Raulerson Hospital in Okeechobee County where he met with the wife of Deputy Eric Scott Ferguson.
The woman reported she and her husband had argued and said that later Ferguson, 39, struck her in the face as she lay in bed. The woman’s face was bruised and swollen, according to a sheriff’s news release.
The wife also said Ferguson has been violent with her before and she asked not to press charges.
The deputy then spoke with Ferguson and arrested him on a charge of misdemeanor battery, the release states.
Sheriff’s officials said in their news release that he will be placed on unpaid administrative leave pending an internal investigation.
Ferguson has been with the sheriff’s office since April 2007.
Tags: Eric Ferguson, Okeechobee County Sheriff's Office, RAulerson Hospital
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March 25th, 2009 at 11:06 pm
this guy is a *kcid* and needs to *eid* in *lleh* i hope this guy get punched in the face by some 300 pound jacked inmate while hes in his bed…
September 21st, 2009 at 5:45 pm
i bet u now my bourther but dident help he did u yall just let hem kill his self i dont think he did it i do think yall did some thing to my brow but only god noes what hapend there