Central KY deputy coroner charged with strangulation, assault

A former Central Kentucky fire chief and deputy coroner was arrested and charged with strangulation and assault last month.

Gerald Tatum, 54, who worked as a deputy coroner for the Madison County Coroner’s Office, was charged on Oct. 18 with first-degree strangulation and fourth-degree assault with minor injury, according to a uniform citation filed by the Madison County Sheriff’s Department.

Both charges were related to domestic violence…

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