Texas
Cop sentenced to 10 years after stabbing wife with animal-euthanizing drugs
using a syringe
A fired Northeast Texas police officer who injected his wife
with animal-euthanizing drugs has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Hooks
police Sgt. David Horn pleaded guilty to aggravated assault with serious bodily
injury and family violence involving a weapon. Horn also pleaded guilty to aggravated assault
and threatening with a deadly weapon in last October’s attack at the couple’s
home, in which he stabbed his wife with an unknown tranquilizer and also
pointed a gun at her. According to authorities, Horn had access to the drugs in
his role as a Hooks animal control officer.
Suspended
Rossford officer to resign or be fired
A Rossford police officer convicted of domestic violence
remains on unpaid suspension, but he will resign or be fired, police Chief
Glenn Goss said. Officer Kevin Swanson, a 20-year veteran, pleaded guilty to a
misdemeanor charge of domestic violence in Wood County Common Pleas Court on
July 26 and received a 180-day suspended sentence and three years’ probation. The
violence occurred May 4 and involved a pregnant woman at his Rossford home
while he was off duty.