WINTER HAVEN, Fla.—A lieutenant with the Haines City Fire Department was arrested for battery domestic violence Friday.
Polk County Sheriff’s Office officials said Murray Harris Jr., 32, started arguing with his girlfriend in the car driving home from dinner.
Deputies said when the two got home, the argument got physical and Harris held her against the front door and punched her in the arm.
The victim had bruises on her arm where Harris had hit her, deputies said.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said hitting someone when you’re angry was not OK.
"Hitting someone when you are angry is never acceptable. If you feel yourself losing control, remove yourself from the situation before someone gets physically hurt, and you go to jail,” Judd said.
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