A Eugene police officer was arraigned Wednesday in Lane County Circuit Court on domestic violence-related charges after allegedly strangling a woman while off duty on Sept. 7.
According to court documents, Joshua West, 40, was charged with one count of felony strangulation – constituting domestic violence and two counts of recklessly endangering another person.
West was arrested Tuesday by Springfield Police Department officers and booked into the Lane County Jail. He agreed to a supervised release plan and was no longer in custody as of early Thursday.
Melinda McLaughlin, a spokesperson for the Eugene Police Department, told The Register-Guard that West was “immediately” placed on administrative leave following his arrest, pending the outcome of the court’s process.
“When an agency develops probable cause for an Abuse Prevention Act crime, such as is alleged, we would fully expect the agency to act on the probable cause and make an arrest,” McLaughlin said in a written statement.