Volusia Sergeant Jason Stickels Arrested on 2 Felony Counts After Assaulting Couple, 71 and 77
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 7
Volusia Sergeant Jason Stickels Arrested on 2 Felony Counts After Assaulting Couple, 71 and 77
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 7
Summary
44-year-old Volusia Sheriff's Office Sgt. Jason Stickels was arrested Monday after police said he battered a 71-year-old woman and her 77-year-old husband at a New Smyrna Beach bar.
Surveillance video and a charging affidavit say Stickels, off duty and drunk, tried to kiss the woman, then grabbed her husband by the throat when he intervened; a bystander subdued him in a chokehold.
4:20 p.m. officers responding to a fight call took Stickels into custody on two felony battery counts involving victims 65 or older; no injuries were reported, and he later posted bond.
Sheriff Mike Chitwood called Stickels a "soon-to-be former" sergeant, apologized to the couple, and said the deputy was immediately placed on administrative leave and ordered to surrender his equipment pending possible termination.