Ronald
Harris - a 12-year vet with the Memphis Police Department - attacked after the
family received the money from the Make-A-Wish Foundation in the airport on
Saturday, cops said.
BY
JOE KEMP
MEMPHIS
POLICE Ronald Harris ordered held in lieu of $25,000 bond after attempting to
rob a family of a Make-A-Wish Foundation donation.
An
off-duty police officer was arrested after he tried to rob a family of a $1,500
gift card they received from the Make-A-Wish Foundation in a Tennessee airport,
officials said.
The
officer, Ronald Harris, somehow learned that the family was getting the card
before they boarded a flight at Memphis International Airport and charged them
once the handoff was made on Saturday, cops said.
Footage
from a security camera inside the airport shows Harris, a 12-year veteran cop
with the Memphis Police Department, suddenly charge the family and head-butt
one man to the ground, KLTV reported.
A
team of cops arrested Harris a short time later as he tried to run away from
the scene, WREG-TV reported.
He
was later booked on charges that included aggravated assault and robbery. He
was ordered held in lieu of $25,000 bond.
Harris
- who was already on leave to see a psychologist, because he allegedly
threatened to kill his wife - was suspended from his job pending the outcome of
the case, the news station reported.
His
arrests stunned some neighbors, except one man - who said Harris cuffed him for
allegedly slashing his tires.
"It's
karma," the man, who didn't want to be identified, told the local CBS
affiliate. "He sent me to jail and now he's the