FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office
corrections deputy was arrested Monday for assaulting a man at gunpoint who was
having sex with her daughter in the deputy’s home.
Dorethea Collier, 48, was charged with false imprisonment,
aggravated assault and battery for the Nov. 2 incident. She was arrested after
a review by the state attorney’s office, said sheriff’s office spokeswoman Teri
Barbera.
When Collier arrived home, Larry Butler, 19, of Pahokee,
Fla., hid in the closet while Collier’s daughter, Uzuri Collier, 20, held her
bedroom door shut.
But Dorethea Collier barged in and found her daughter partly
clothed and a naked Butler in the closet.
The uniformed deputy punched Butler three or four times and
then pointed her gun at him, handcuffed him and ordered him to his knees.
Her daughter begged her not to shoot Butler. Dorethea
Collier also threatened to send Butler to jail for raping her daughter.
Uzuri Collier’s father, Michael Collier, 48, then arrived
home after his wife called him. He hit his daughter and Butler, who was
eventually allowed to get dressed and leave.
Dorethea Collier then made a trespassing complaint against
Butler. Butler also called the sheriff’s office’s internal affairs office to
complain, Barbera said.
Collier, who was released from the West County Jail on
$5,000 bail, is on paid administrative leave, Barbera said.
Collier has been with the sheriff’s office for 12 years.
Via McClatchy-Tribune News Service.
