A Greenwood police officer accused of being "out of
control" at a New Year's Eve party is suspended.
Investigators say
Joey Rodriguez was drinking and became upset when he was asked to leave the
party being held at 4487 Diamond Ridge near Bargersville. When officers
arrived, they reportedly found him lying on the road and bleeding. He allegedly
punched one officer in the face and another in the nose, and also kicked
responding medics.
A witness also saw
Rodriguez choking his wife, Kelly, at the party and was punched by the witness
until he let go of her. That's according to a report from the Johnson County
Sheriff's Office.
Kelly Rodriguez told
investigators that she had not been battered and couldn't remember during the
struggle if her husband’s hands were on her neck or shoulders. She went on to
say that Joey Rodriguez had never acted this way before, that he had been
having a hard time since his son left a year ago. Kelly said that she thought
this was just a bad time of the year for her husband.
Bargersville Police
charged Joey Rodriguez with one count of battery on a law enforcement officer,
resisting law enforcement and public intoxication.
The Johnson County
Sheriff's Office charged him with one count of battery and strangulation and
one county of battery against Kelly Rodriguez.
Joey Rodriguez is
being held in the Johnson County Jail on $150,000 bond.