Deputy M. Amaad Deallah Will Not Be Charged

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08.05.2006 - A King County sheriff's deputy accused of raping his estranged wife won't face felony charges.

The King County Prosecutor's Office on Friday announced it had decided it would not be filing any charges against Deputy M. Amaad Deallah, 45.

"We don't have a felony charge that we can file," spokesman Dan Donohoe said.

But Deallah, who is on paid administrative leave from the sheriff's office, is likely to still face some criminal prosecution for the incident involving his wife, which took place in Kent.

Kent City Attorney Tami Perdue said a detective is reviewing the case, but she expects to reach a decision by Tuesday.

"I know that I am going to be filing charges," Perdue said.

The only question, she said, will be which charges Deallah will face.

The 21-year sheriff's veteran was arrested in April after his wife showed up at Harborview Medical Center injured, saying she was hurt when she tried to escape her husband by jumping out a window after he forced her to have sex.

He was arrested for unlawful imprisonment, assault and second-degree rape.

A week later, he was arrested again for violating a no-contact order.

The deputy has said the sex was consensual and that his wife was injured when she fell.

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KENT - A King County Sheriff's deputy has done an about-face and decided not to plead guilty to domestic violence. His wife, the alleged victim, says it's just another chance for the police officer to manipulate the system and put more fear into her life.

Deputy Mack DeAllah came to court ready to plead guilty. Instead his attorney says DeAllah wants to take this to trial.

Last May, Joyce DeAllah spoke exclusively to KOMO-TV about what she called a night of horror.

"It was, it was just a nightmare," she said. "This is not going to continue to happen. He is not going to beat me anymore, he's not going to throw me down, he's not going to rape me again ever."

She jumped out a second story window and has been on the run ever since.

Kent prosecutors believed they had an agreement for DeAllah to plead guilty to 4th degree assault. But when the media showed up, the prosecutor says everything changed.

"Mr. Stewart filled out the plea paperwork and handed it to me," said Kent city prosecutor Tammi Perdue. "I signed it. When I was brought back into chambers and told that the media was going to be here, Mr. Stewart took back the plea paperwork and told me the case would be set for trial.

"I've never had it happen before in 17 years. I don't know if they're trying to avoid media attention.”

Just then, Mack DeAllah made a quick exit. His attorney, Scott Stewart, didn't want to comment on why the turnaround.

The news was devastating for Joyce, who wasn't in court because she fears for her life and remains in hiding.

She spoke to us from an undisclosed location on the phone, "I am in hiding because he is a detective and he has friends and he's already attempted to find me, so I stay in hiding because he has threatened my life."

Sue Harms is helping Joyce. Harms' former husband was a deputy who was sentenced to prison for domestic violence.

"I have been in this situation," she said. "Continuance after continuance and it just seems like it goes on forever and ever. This is close to a year now and this poor woman had gone through pure hell."

She’s asked, "Do you think he's getting special treatment because he's a police officer?" Harms replied, "I think he's playing the game. He knows the game and he's playing it well."

Harms and former police wife Cherry Gilbert have formed a foundation to help abused spouses at [phone].

Deputy DeAllah remains free on paid leave until trial March 26.

Joyce DeAllah says she's not free at all, having to take their two young children with her into hiding.

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