FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - A police officer has been arrested in Coral Springs on domestic violence charges.
Plantation Police Officer Matthew Schechter was taken into custody, Thursday morning.
He faces charges that include domestic violence by strangulation and domestic battery.
Plantation Police said they have since placed the officer on administrative leave without pay pending an investigation.
Schechter worked for the department for eight years.
According to the arrest affidavit, Schechter and his wife are going through a divorce. After coming home Wednesday night, the affidavit said Schechter tried to seduce his wife, but she turned down his advances. After he was denied, the affidavit said Schechter punched his wife in the face while in bed.
The wife stayed in bed until Schechter went to sleep, noted the report.
After the officer went to sleep, the wife crawled to the bedroom door and asked her teenage son to call authorities. However, her attempt to call authorities woke up and enraged Schechter, and he then began strangling the victim, who nearly passed out, according to the affidavit.
The victim’s teenage son then called his father, her ex-husband, who then called authorities, the affidavit said.
Coral Springs Police said the victim’s left side of her face was swollen and had multiple contusions.
Coral Springs Fire Rescue transported the victim to Broward Health Coral Springs and was later released.
Schechter was held at the Broward County Jail but posted his $20,000 bond on Friday morning and has been released.
He was ordered to not have any contact with the victim until further order from the court.
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