Police say Henderson officer pushed fellow officer down stairs at headquarters

A Henderson Police serviceman is accused of pushing a chap serviceman down a formation of stairs astatine section headquarters, according to a precocious released apprehension report.

Zachary Winningham, 38, was jailed Sunday connected 1 number of misdemeanor home battery, and aboriginal released connected bail.

Earlier that day, the study stated, Winningham had confronted the chap serviceman helium said helium was dating, and she suffered bruising adjacent her kneecap. He told investigators that helium remembered her falling, but denied pushing her.

Winningham initially told a lieutenant that helium worked connected the aforesaid squad with the officer, but refused to springiness her name, according to the report. He said that she had “struck him successful the near limb and face,” and helium had suffered a bruise.

Later, Winningham told investigators helium had lied and was injured portion jogging astatine the gym, the study stated.

He changed his communicative again, according to the report, and said she had punched him portion helium was successful her car and refused to permission connected Nov. 2.

He told investigators that helium and the woman, whose sanction was redacted successful the report, “are successful an abusive relationship, that they are unspeakable for each other, but that it had ne'er been physically convulsive before.”

She had blocked his telephone number, helium said, but helium changed his fig and utilized an app to telephone her from antithetic telephone numbers.

Investigators past interviewed the woman, who denied she had deed Winningham and had been frightened erstwhile helium had refused to permission the car connected the nighttime successful question, the study stated. She tried to unfastened the doorway and propulsion him retired of the car, she said, but helium refused to permission until they had talked much and helium had calmed down.

According to the report, Winningham past sent her photos of his bruising and threatened to study the incidental to police.

He told her “that helium had a euphony vocation to autumn backmost on, but if she got fired, she has nothing,” the study stated. “He sent her texts telling her ‘tonight we are going to marque the regular log baby’ successful notation to reporting requirements of a artillery involving officers.”

Winningham was placed connected paid administrative leave, constabulary said. He is scheduled to look successful tribunal connected Dec. 6.

Court records did not database an lawyer for Winningham.

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