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| Sheriff in Anne Arundel County arrested and charged in domestic violence case | Sheriff in Anne Arundel County arrested and charged in domestic violence case |
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| The sheriff of Anne Arundel County has been arrested and charged in a domestic incident involving his wife, authorities said. | The sheriff of Anne Arundel County has been arrested and charged in a domestic incident involving his wife, authorities said. |
| Sheriff Ronald Bateman, 54, of Pasadena, was charged with second-degree assault. Police in Anne Arundel said the incident happened about 7:30 p.m. Sunday. | |
| Officers were called to an address on Pasadena Yacht Yard Road for a report of a domestic violence incident. | Officers were called to an address on Pasadena Yacht Yard Road for a report of a domestic violence incident. |
| The woman told officers that her husband “assaulted her” at their home, police said. When officers arrived, authorities said, they found injuries to the woman and damage to the house. | |
| Charging documents filed in court said Bateman and his wife argued after she came home from dinner. She told authorities that she went outside to “rearrange their vehicles” and Bateman came out and allegedly told her to “keep away from his stuff.” | |
| They continued to argue inside the home, officials said. Bateman allegedly told his wife to get out of the house. | |
| According to police, his wife told him she was going to leave but didn’t have any money. She said she grabbed his money clip, which had cash in it. His wife said Bateman had “cut her money off.” | |
| Police said Bateman got angry when she reached for the money clip, because she was trying to take his money. | |
| The two argued more and Bateman allegedly pushed his wife onto the master bed, police said. She then yelled for her 14-year-old son. | |
| The teenager came into the master bedroom, police said, and saw Bateman “holding his mother down on the bed.” He told police that Bateman was “using both hands to hold [his mother] down.” | |
| The boy was able to get Bateman off his mother, police said, although the report did not detail how. His mother told him to go back to his room. | |
| The couple continued to argue in the hallway, authorities said. Bateman’s wife said he grabbed her, and she slapped him in the face. According to police, he then allegedly pushed her to the floor of a craft room and she yelled for her son again. | |
| When the son came into the craft room, authorities said, he saw his mother lying on the floor with Bateman holding her down, the son later told police | |
| Bateman then threw his wife against a wall, and the back of her head hit the wall, according to the charging documents filed in court. She told police she was also hit in the left side of her face and mouth during the fighting. | |
| The documents say Bateman told the responding police officer that he had been drinking and he admitted to getting into an argument with his wife. He said his wife “tried to take his money before she left the house,” according to court documents. | |
| Bateman maintained that he did not hit his wife “at any time,” the documents state. But he said he “did hold her down on the bed in an effort to retrieve the money clip she had taken without his permission.” | |
| Police said the sheriff’s “weapons and credentials have been taken for safekeeping per protocol.” | |
| The woman told officers she would seek medical treatment on her own. | |
| Police said the investigation remains active. | Police said the investigation remains active. |
| In an online biographical post, Bateman said he has been in law enforcement for more than 30 years. He has been in office in Anne Arundel since 2006. | |
| The sheriff’s office said in a statement that the sheriff was released on his personal recognizance. | The sheriff’s office said in a statement that the sheriff was released on his personal recognizance. |
| Col. Paul R. Tabor of the sheriff’s office said in a statement, “I have known Sheriff Bateman for over 30 years.” He went on, “I have never known the sheriff to be a violent person.” | |
| Tabor said the sheriff “adamantly denies any wrongdoing in this matter.” | Tabor said the sheriff “adamantly denies any wrongdoing in this matter.” |
| He said the sheriff is on leave “while the case is being investigated” by the Anne Arundel County Police Department. | He said the sheriff is on leave “while the case is being investigated” by the Anne Arundel County Police Department. |
| In a statement, prosecutors in Anne Arundel said that “because of the unique relationship between the State’s Attorney’s Office and the Anne Arundel County Sheriff’s Office,” it was referring the case to a special prosecutor outside the county. Steve Kroll, director of the Maryland State’s Attorney’s Association, will serve as special counsel on the case, officials said. | |
| “I have chosen this route to ensure the public’s trust in my office, to ensure that no one is above the law, and to ensure that both Mr. and Mrs. Bateman each are treated fairly,” said Wes Adams, the county’s state’s attorney in the statement. | |
| “Are we sad about this incident? Of course we are,” Anne Arundel Police Chief Timothy Altomare said at a news conference Monday morning. |