LA CROSSE, Wis. — A La Crosse
police sergeant has been charged with a felony accusing him of threatening to
kill his family after his wife asked for a divorce.
Patrol Sgt. Alan Iverson, 45,
was charged Tuesday in La Crosse County Circuit Court with threats to injure
and disorderly conduct as a domestic abuse offense, the La Crosse Tribune
reported (http://bit.ly/1fqYPO2 ).
Iverson's wife said he drove to
her workplace and asked if he should get his gun and "take care of this
right now," according to investigators' reports.
His wife also told
investigators that Iverson brought his gun home later that night and threatened
her again the next day during an argument in which she tried to walk away.
"He said, 'If you are
going to walk away, I am going to kill you, (their children) and myself,"
she told investigators. "'If you go to the police, there is going to be a
catastrophe.'"
The La Crosse police department
has placed Iverson on paid administrative leave. His case will be handled by a
judge from another county.
Iverson's attorney did not
immediately return a message left by The Associated Press for comment.