Post by KC on Jan 7, 2007 17:33:29 GMT -5
Officer Henry Neil Lee
A Fernandina Beach police officer was arrested Tuesday night after he allegedly shot a Nassau County deputy with his stun gun after he caught him having a "consensual physical encounter" with his wife.
Henry Neil Lee, 35, of Hilliard, reportedly witnessed his wife with Nassau County Sheriff's Deputy Corey Wilson, then kicked in the door to his own home and pointed his stun gun at Wilson.
Lee is the school resource officer at Fernandina Beach High School. Wilson is a deputy at the Nassau County Jail.
According to a statement released by Nassau County Sheriff Tommy Seagraves, Lee first tried to hit Wilson with his police-issued baton and threatened to use his Taser.
"He then holstered his Taser and pulled his firearm out," Seagraves said in the statement, issued late Tuesday night. "Wilson turned his head and asked Lee not to shoot him."
Lee's wife intervened and urged her husband not to shoot. Lee reportedly put his gun away but shot Wilson with the stun gun twice.
According to Seagraves, Lee's wife had invited Wilson over to the house to have dinner and meet another female friend; Lee was reportedly aware of the invitation.
"When the (other) female did not show up, (Wilson and Lee's wife) watched television and talked," the statement said. "This lead to them having a consensual physical encounter, agreeable by both parties."
Lee, who was reportedly working at a second job at the time, was not on-duty with the FBPD when the incident occurred.
According to the statement, Lee went to his house and watched the physical encounter between his wife and Wilson through a window.
According to the statement, at least one child - Lee's daughter - was in the house at the time of the incident.
Lee is being held at the Nassau County Jail on $55,006 bond. He is facing charges of aggravated battery, aggravated assault and domestic battery.
Wilson has been suspended from duty, with pay, while an internal investigation into the incident is conducted. Wilson has been with the sheriff's office for three years.
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