SCHENECTADY, N.Y. - A Schenectady Police Officer has been arrested Wednesday for a domestic incident he was involved in on Thursday, March 17th.
36-year-old Eric Peters was arrested, charged with 3rd-degree Assault and 2nd-degree Unlawful Imprisonment, both misdemeanors.
At the time of his arrest, Peters was assigned to the Department's Field Services Bureau. He was suspended with pay at the time the investigation began. His suspension became unpaid as a result of his arrest.
SCHENECTADY -- An alleged St. Patrick's Day domestic dispute with his fiancee that has resulted in assault charges could cost a fourth-generation police officer his job.
Eric Peters was placed on unpaid leave Wednesday after being charged with unlawful imprisonment and assault, both misdemeanors, in connection with the March 17 physical altercation with the woman at the Park Place home they share, according to court documents and authorities.
Schenectady just can't seem to cut a break!! High taxes, high crime, shooters on the loose, people walking away from their homes, one of the highest vacancy rates, dss building busting at the seams....and the cops just add to the the sh!t pile!!
Schenectady needs a 'strong' leader who will rule with an iron fist against all of this nonsense. We know that stratton couldn't......mccarthy can't do it............don't know if Hull can either!!
If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. -James Madison
SCHENECTADY Woman denies being hurt by officer Cop accused of assulting fiancée BY STEVEN COOK Gazette Reporter
The fiancée of suspended city police Officer Eric Peters said through her attorney Thursday that she was not a victim of an assault or anything else. The woman’s attorney, James Tyner, along with the attorney for Peters, both said Thursday that the woman’s nose was injured in an accident involving friends, not as a result of any action by Peters. “My client’s position is that she was never assaulted, she has never been in fear of Mr. Peters,” Tyner said. Peters, 36, was charged Wednesday with one count each of third-degree assault and second-degree unlawful imprisonment, both misdemeanors. In papers filed in court, police allege that Peters injured his fiancée, identified in court papers as 43-year-old Bonnie Hathaway-Crandall. Police allege that Peters and Hathaway-Crandall were inside a parked car on Park Place near their home when Peters “struck the victim ... in her face multiple times, causing her nose to bleed.” Peters also held her by the neck and pulled her hair, preventing her from leaving the vehicle, according to the account in court papers. The alleged altercation happened at about 8:40 p.m. March 17. The charges, according to papers, were based on the personal investigation of Capt. Stephen LaVare and signed witness statements. Papers do not indicate who those witnesses were. But, according to Tyner, Hathaway-Crandall wasn’t one of them. Tyner said Thursday that his client hired him to give her a voice in the proceedings. Nothing like what was alleged happened, Tyner said. She remains Peters’ fiancée, he said. Peters’ attorney, Kevin Luibrand, echoed those comments. Luibrand also confirmed that Hathaway-Crandall suffered a nose bleed but said she did so earlier in the evening. She was out dancing with friends, and while dancing one of her friends bumped heads with Hathaway-Crandall, hitting her nose and causing it to bleed, he said. Peters was not present for the incident. .........................>>>>.........................................>>>>.....................http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r01103&AppName=1
Shadow I agree. JMO I bet she was out with friends and they got into an argument in the car at home and neighbors called police. Somebody had to see the abuse happening for him to be arrested.
Not uncommon for woman to not want the man arrested after a domestic incident. either for financial reasons or the womans self esteem is shot. : (
You don't have freedom because you are a hyphenated American; you have freedom because you are an individual, and that should be protected.
Reports conflict in assault case against police officer Fiancee says she's not a victim of Schenectady cop charged with assault By Paul nelson Staff writer Published 12:00 a.m., Saturday, March 26, 2011
SCHENECTADY -- The now-suspended city cop accused of assaulting his fiancee on St. Patrick's Day could lose his job and the rent-free college campus apartment he has lived in as part of an informal agreement with Union College.
But as more details emerge about the alleged assault, there are conflicting reports as to whether Bonnie Crandall suffered a bloody nose at the hands of Police Officer Eric Peters or during an outing at a nightspot in Troy earlier in the evening of March 17.
A criminal complaint states that Peters, 36, struck Crandall, 43, in the face several times while inside a vehicle parked outside the Park Place apartment where they lived together.
The court document states he then grabbed her by the hair to prevent her from leaving the vehicle.
Peters has pleaded not guilty to a charge of assault and unlawful imprisonment, both misdemeanors filed by the department. He was released pending a court appearance next month.
Through her attorney, James Tyner, Crandall continues to maintain she is not a victim.
Tyner said Friday that his client received a bloody nose during a night out with co-workers at a bar in Troy when she inadvertently bumped into one of them on the dance floor.
He said one of her friends tried to stop the bleeding by giving Crandall a T-shirt and also applied ice to the bloody nose. Authorities have recovered the garment and are analyzing it as part of their ongoing probe.
"From day one, she has been truthful and adamant that she wasn't assaulted," Tyner said, noting she has told her story to the district attorney's office.
Authorities hinge their case on eyewitness accounts of two graduate students who were in a vehicle near where the alleged assault took place.
There are differing accounts on whether Peters, who has 12 years on the force and is a fourth-generation officer, was with her in Troy.
On the housing issue, Union College spokesman Phil Wajda said Friday that Peters was living in one of several college apartments under an informal arrangement that has existed for at least five years intended to make the area safer..............................>>>>..................>>>>...................Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/defa.....67.php#ixzz1Hhu5zkfp
Rent free jeez does this ever end? Still waiting to hear on the missing grates and the perp that stole them, that kind of money could pave some streets in our neighborhoods.
You don't have freedom because you are a hyphenated American; you have freedom because you are an individual, and that should be protected.
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