The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office placed a deputy on administrative duty after he and his wife were arrested during a fight outside a South Fulton bar.
The deputy asked an officer to “reconsider” charging him because he worked for the sheriff’s office, according to the arrest warrants.
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South Fulton police charged Bryon Thomas with felony obstruction of law enforcement by use of threats or violence, disorderly conduct and public drunkenness. His wife, Antoinette Thomas, was charged with battery against an officer, according to warrants.
According to investigators, officers responded to Harold’s Chicken & Ice Bar just after 2:30 a.m. on Monday about a group of people fighting in the bar’s parking lot.
Police said Bryon Thomas refused to listen when officers told him and others in the group to leave. When officers separated Thomas from the crowd, they forced him onto ground, where the warrant says he continued to resist them.