SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio Police Department said an off-duty park police officer arrested Tuesday night is accused of assaulting his wife.
Juan Esqueda, 39, was taken into custody just after 9 p.m. by Bexar County Sheriff’s Office deputies after he allegedly strangled his wife.
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An arrest warrant obtained by KSAT states that Esqueda and his wife were celebrating their one-year anniversary on Sunday when the pair got into a fight.
Esqueda’s wife told deputies that he shoved her, “slapped her two dozen times on both sides of her face,” grabbed her hair and strangled her to the point of her passing out on Sunday, the arrest warrant said.
His wife reported the assault after going to her doctor on Tuesday to confirm injuries, according to the affidavit.
Esqueda is charged with assault family violence-impeding breath of circulation, a third-degree felony, records show.
He was also placed on administrative duty while the department investigates, SAPD said. Esqueda has been employed with the department for three years.
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