A judge this morning ordered a 32-year-old Riviera Beach
Police officer be released under supervision after his arrest for domestic
battery.
Obed Colon of Palm Beach Gardens was booked into the Palm
Beach County Jail early today. Judge Caroline Shepherd also ordered Colon not
to consume alcohol or drugs and to surrender his firearms.
Before the arrest, Colon took a personnel leave, which he is
still on, Riviera Beach Police spokeswoman Rose Anne Brown said. She said an
internal affairs investigation will be opened to investigate the domestic
battery allegations.
Palm Beach County Sheriff’s deputies say they saw Colon
“violently shaking” his fiance at the Cruzan Amphitheater on Sunday night.
A deputy tried breaking up the disturbance twice and only
was able to after pressing his hand against Colon’s chest, according to a probable-cause
affidavit.
“Colon fell to the ground and started to flop around like a
fish out of water,” the deputy wrote in the affidavit.
Colon’s fiance Amina Marukic told authorities Colon slapped
her and pulled her hair.
Marukic, 25, was also arrested Sunday on a charge of misuse
of 911. After Colon’s arrest, Marukic called 911 two times while in front of
deputies and even after being warned by a dispatcher not to call again, called
three more times. Two of the 911 calls resulted in EMS trucks being called to
the scene, according to a separate probable-cause affidavit.
She was released from jail early today on her own
recognizance, jail records show.