Ex-Pierce County sheriff's sergeant sentenced for choking girlfriend, threatening her with machete

[ItsjustMe]

Ex-Pierce County sheriff’s sergeant sentenced for choking girlfriend, threatening her with machete

A former Pierce County sheriff’s sergeant has been sentenced for choking his girlfriend and threatening her with a machete.

Robert Carpenter, 52, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Pierce County Superior Court to second-degree domestic violence assault, The News Tribune reported.

Judge TaTeasha Monique Davis sentenced him to six months in jail, which is at the low end of a standard sentencing range.

Early on Nov. 14, Carpenter returned to his Puyallup home drunk, slapped his girlfriend awake and over two hours, choked her several times, held a machete near her throat and threatened to kill her and her children, according to court documents.

He eventually surrendered to a SWAT team at his home and has been in custody since then. The woman told law enforcement she thought she would die during the attack, documents said.

Less than a month before, Carpenter had been sentenced to time served after pleading guilty to felony harassment in a 2018 stabbing in Tacoma. He was subsequently fired from the sheriff’s department after working there for 25 years.

[Stargazer99]

1. I wonder how much crap he got away with before he got caught

Again, clean up your own before you start whining about people not trusting you

[tblue37]

2. 6 months is way too little for such a crime.

[republianmushroom]

4. agree

[keithbvadu2]

3. Choking/strangling is a major indicator of future homicide.

Choking/strangling is a major indicator of future homicide.