Deputy Charged In Wheelchair Dumping Case

(AP)  A sheriff's deputy who was videotaped dumping a paralyzed man from a wheelchair onto a jailhouse floor has been charged with abuse of a disabled person, a sheriff's official said.

Surveillance footage from Jan. 29 shows Hillsborough County deputy Charlette Marshall-Jones, 44, dumping Brian Sterner out of his wheelchair and searching him on the floor after he was brought in on a warrant after a traffic violation.

Sterner, 32, said when he was taken into a booking room and told to stand up, Jones grew agitated when he told her that he could not.

Marshall-Jones was suspended without pay, and three other deputies were placed on administrative leave pending an investigation.

Marshall-Jones was charged Friday with abuse of a disabled person, a third-degree felony, said Hillsborough County Sheriff David Gee.

If convicted, she could be sent to prison for five years.

Gee said Marshall-Jones was aware of the warrant for her arrest, but that he didn't know when she might turn herself in.

Marshall-Jones could not be reached by phone for comment Friday night. A telephone number listed in her name has been disconnected.

Sterner, who can drive a car but has not been able to walk since a 1994 wrestling accident, was arrested at his Riverview home and taken to the Orient Road Jail on a charge of fleeing and attempting to elude a police officer, according to records. He had called for charges to be filed against Marshall-Jones.

[rhs648]

To serve and protect.

Your tax dollars at work.

Posted by JT_Lancer

And that is what good police officers do. If this deputy is found guilty, she faces up to five years in prision and loss of her job. How would you like to be in her shoes?

[elr1559]

kmccliment - You took the words right out of my mouth! If the wheelchair victim were a black man, and the officer a white, then the media and the public would''ve reacted completely different. I agree - where is Rev. Al Sharpton and Rev. Jesse Jackson now that the obvious guilt is a black person and the helpless a white?

[jt_lancer]

To serve and protect.

Your tax dollars at work.

[kmccliment]

Rev. Al Sharpton I have been watching CNN and the news all weekend and have not seen your public outcry condemming this civil rights violation against this disabled white man. Your web site states you are a leader in fighting for peoples civil rights. Help the man Rev. Al and help the citizens of Tampa, Fla... Can I get an Amen brothers and sisters???

[prinzowhales]

While OUR ENEMY THE STATE, tasers citizens, beats them, invades their homes and otherwise humiliates them...need you ask why we will fight to keep our 2nd Amendment rights!? Germans and others have made the mistake of disarming in the face of totalitarian barbarity--IT DID NOT SAVE THEM!!

Need you ask, ''why we oppose the expansion of the police state''?

[blackyowe]

Florida does hold such high standards for all its positions of athoriety. sigh

[nothappyatall]

Marshall-Jones could not be reached by phone for comment Friday night. A telephone number listed in her name has been disconnected. "

LOL, bet she was getting loads of hate calls!

The numbah you has dialed 813-977-9300 has been DISconnected
The numbah you has dialed 813-977-9300 has been DISconnected, if you feel this is in error, please stay on da line and an oprator will answer.

[dylanxxv]

They should have went out and arrested this ugly cow at her home like they do any other criminal...What she did was inexcusable...

[dixxson-2009]

Hand cuffing a 5 yr old, killing kids
in Boot camps, sending women in labor to
jail to die, Tasering hundreds to death,
killing numerous unarmed, and mentally
disabled citizens.
These acts are the results of the militaristic POLICE STATE that began
under Ronald Reagan.
Bill Clinton saved america from financial collaspe, but did little to
forestall the police state.
Matter of fact Clintons facilitated
the Police State.
They gave Police the right to check
passengers durings traffic stops.
From there they began to order, or
drag people and Brandishing guns against speeders, when there is no reason for weapons, passengers are being shot at! That is how the
Iraq Vet was shot 3 times.
The MENTALITY of EXCESSIVE POWER leads to EXCESSIVE FORCE!

[erasmus6]

Posted by Lynne_M1 at 11:26 PM : Feb 16, 2008

Actually there is something else you can do if you find a post offensive. Try clicking on "report abuse", that is what it is there for.

For someone that is complaining about someone elses post being abusive, you aren''t doing too bad yourself.