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Deputy Charged for Dumping Quadriplegic

She turns herself in to Fla. jail after thousands see video

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 16, 2008 6:12 PM CST

(Newser) – A Florida sheriff’s deputy turned herself in today after dumping a quadriplegic from his wheelchair during a jailhouse booking last month, MSNBC reports. Deputy Charlette Marshall-Jones was promptly released on $3,500 bail and will face a charge of felony abuse of a disabled person. She was already a known suspect: A videotape of her toppling Brian Sterner, 32, from his wheelchair had made headlines and received thousands of hits online.

An angry Sterner brought the incident to light by contacting a Tampa, Fla., TV reporter, who ferreted out the video. “It can happen to anybody at any time,” said Sterner, who was arrested for trying to dodge a cop in the Jan. 29 arrest and booking. "Hopefully, that’s what will come out of this, that this is a negative way of dealing with life.”

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This video image released by the Hillsborough County Police Dept. shows Brian Sterner, a 32-year-old paralyzed man, lying on a Tampa, Fla., jailhouse floor on Jan. 29, 2008, after he was dumped from his... (Associated Press)

This video image released by the Hillsborough County Police Dept. shows police deputy Charlette Marshall-Jones, left, pushing a wheelchair containing Brian Sterner, a 32-year-old paralyzed man, at a Tampa,... (Associated Press)

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Deputy Charged for Dumping Quadriplegic