ATLANTA – An Atlanta police lieutenant faces felony charges after being accused of hitting a fellow officer with her car and biting him, authorities said.
Lt. Sharonne Annette Steed faces four charges after the Friday afternoon incident at a Wells Fargo bank, Atlanta police spokesman Carlos Campos said.
Steed approached the bank in her private vehicle while Officer Joel Paul Curtis Richardson was working an off-duty job assisting with traffic, Campos said in a news release. Steed is accused of refusing to comply with Richardson’s orders, reported the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
The off-duty lieutenant continued to ignore his orders and ended up hitting him with her car, the release said. Moreover, Richardson tried to remove Steed from the vehicle, which is when she’s accused of biting his hand, according to AJC.
Other sources simply said that Steed “bumped” Richardson with her car. Either way, she is accused of non-compliance and assault of a uniformed officer performing his duty.
Following the altercation, Steed identified herself as an Atlanta police officer, the release said.
Several supervisors arrived at the scene and the case was assigned to an investigator. Warrants were obtained for obstruction, aggravated assault, battery and violation of oath by a public officer against Steed, according to Fulton County Jail records.
The degree of Richardson’s injuries are unknown.
Steed has been with the department since July 1997. She currently works at a supervisor at the Airport Precinct. She was placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation.
Steed turned herself in to the Fulton County Jail on Tuesday, jail records show. She was in custody without bond, as the time of her booking.
