Overview
- Deputies responded around 7 p.m. Wednesday to a domestic disturbance and documented a verbal and physical altercation between Sgt. Scott Nida, 54, and an adult woman.
- According to detectives, the woman reported being grabbed by the face and neck, choked until she struggled to breathe, pushed to the ground, dragged across a lawn, and forced into her car before persuading him to let her go.
- Nida was booked into the Broward County Main Jail on charges of false imprisonment, domestic battery by strangulation, and touch or strike battery, and he remains in custody awaiting a judicial appearance.
- A probable cause affidavit details visible injuries and grass marks consistent with dragging, notes that the woman photographed her injuries, and states that Nida requested an attorney during questioning.
- Sheriff Gregory Tony condemned domestic violence by sworn members and said they are held to the same standards as the public.