An Osceola deputy was arrested and suspended after she was
accused of punching a St. Cloud police officer who was at a park with the
deputy's husband.
Deputy Edeania Nettles, 39, was arrested on a charge of
battery on a law-enforcement officer. She could be fired depending on the
results of an internal investigation, sheriff's spokeswoman Twis Lizasuain
said.
Nettles reached through the window of Officer Jennifer
Hoyos' patrol car and punched the side of her face. She then yanked Hoyos, 26,
from the car, an arrest report states.
The women grappled while Nettles' husband, St. Cloud police
Sgt. Elbert John Nettles, 36, tried to separate them, according to the report.
The confrontation happened about 10:45 p.m. Wednesday at Ted
Broda Memorial Park at 4499 Michigan Ave. in St. Cloud. Hoyos had a skinned
knee, bloody lips, a clump of hair pulled out and scratches on her neck,
investigators wrote.
Hoyos, 26, was on duty, said St. Cloud police spokeswoman
Officer Diara Wesler. The report does not say why John Nettles was present, and
Wesler would not comment other than to say he is not her supervisor and the
matter is personal.
Court records show that Hoyos on Thursday requested a
stalking injunction against Edeania Nettles. A hearing is scheduled for Oct.
16.
Edeania Nettles worked for the Sheriff's Office for a
decade, left in 2012 and returned in April.
Her husband was in the news in June 2011 when he was one of
two St. Cloud officers who shot a woman dead when they responded to a dispute
between roommates.
John Nettles, an Army veteran who served in Iraq and
Afghanistan, received a written reprimanded in 2012 after he accidentally shot
off half of another officer's right middle finger during a drug raid.