An Alaska police chief who labored for years on the New Orleans Police Division pleaded not responsible Friday to fees that he assaulted an intoxicated man whereas he was off obligation at a resort restaurant, together with allegedly shoving the person head-first right into a wall and utilizing a chokehold.
A grand jury returned an indictment Thursday for Ketchikan Police Chief Jeffrey Harrison Partitions, charging him with felony third-degree assault, three counts of fourth-degree assault and two counts of reckless endangerment. Throughout an arraignment Friday, protection legal professional Jay Hochberg entered a not-guilty plea for Partitions, who moved to Ketchikan from Louisiana in July after being employed in December 2021.
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Hochberg known as the allegations false and defamatory.
In keeping with courtroom paperwork, Alaska state troopers responded to the Salmon Falls Resort restaurant on Sept. 10 to research a report of an assault involving a person, Partitions and Partitions’ spouse, Sharon. Troopers believed they have been responding to an assault on the Wallses however noticed the chief outdoors, seemingly unhurt, and the opposite man bleeding from his head, the paperwork mentioned.
Witnesses advised investigators the person was intoxicated and inflicting disturbances all through the night. The person deliberately ran into the chair of the chief, who was off obligation on the time, and apologized. The 2 males shook arms, based on the indictment.
An hour later, nonetheless, the person stumbled into Sharon Partitions’ bar chair. Her husband obtained up from his seat, ran after the person and pushed him head-first right into a stone wall and put him in a chokehold, the indictment mentioned.
‘Merely false’
“Chief Partitions is a veteran regulation enforcement officer who was enthusiastically employed by the town of Ketchikan final 12 months. He has devoted his profession to public security, and he most actually didn’t commit an assault because the state has alleged,” Hochberg mentioned.
“Actually, he was merely detaining a person who had dedicated a criminal offense — and utilizing affordable power to take action. The allegation of extreme power on this case is just false. Chief Partitions did completely nothing flawed, and I sit up for seeing him vindicated in courtroom.”
Trial is scheduled for March. If convicted, Partitions would face so long as 5 years in jail.
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The Ketchikan Each day Information beforehand reported that Partitions was employed at an annual wage of $132,761.
Partitions labored in regulation enforcement for 25 years and was commander of a number of police districts in New Orleans, together with the eighth District masking the French Quarter and Central Enterprise District, earlier than arriving in Ketchikan, which is positioned on an island in southeast Alaska and is a significant cruise ship port for city-sized cruise ships coming to Alaska.
Metropolis Supervisor Delilah Walsh mentioned Friday that Ketchikan officers do not touch upon personnel issues. She mentioned Partitions stays police chief whereas the town conducts an inside investigation. He is presently on private depart, she mentioned.
AP journalist Mark Thiessen in Anchorage, Alaska, contributed to this report.