Video shows off-duty Florida sheriff's sergeant allegedly assaulting elderly couple at bar

An off-duty sergeant with a sheriff's bureau successful cardinal Florida was arrested aft constabulary accidental surveillance video showed him assaulting an older mates successful a bar.

Jason Stickels, 44, was astatine Merk's Bar & Grill connected Monday day erstwhile helium "created unwanted interaction with a mates seated adjacent the bar," according to a connection from the Volusia Sheriff's Office, wherever Stickels has been employed since 2004.

Mike Chitwood, the Volusia sheriff since 2016, enactment retired a connection criticizing Stickels and apologizing to the mates successful the bar.

"How to propulsion distant your instrumentality enforcement vocation successful 2 minutes. Off duty, stumbling drunk, harassing radical who are conscionable trying to bask their afternoon," Chitwood said successful a societal media post. "I apologize for this soon-to-be erstwhile Volusia Sheriff's Office sergeant's idiotic behaviour today."

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Jason Stickels, an off-duty sergeant with the Volusia Sheriff's Office, was seen assaulting a 77-year-old antheral successful a barroom connected Monday, according to police. (Volusia Sheriff's Office)

Officers with the New Smyrna Beach Police Department responded to a study of a combat astatine astir 4:20 p.m. and arrested Stickels connected charges related to the incident, the sheriff's bureau said. No injuries were reported.

"Stickels archetypal battered a 71-year-old pistillate seated astatine a table, past battered her 77-year-old hubby erstwhile helium intervened," said the Volusia Sheriff's Office.

Surveillance video from the barroom released by the sheriff's bureau showed Stickels lasting successful betwixt the mates earlier leaning successful adjacent to the woman, who backed distant and got up from her chair.

The pistillate aboriginal told constabulary that Stickels had tried to buss her, according to a charging affidavit.

The surveillance video from the barroom shows a bystander putting Stickels successful a chokehold aft constabulary accidental helium assaulted the older couple. (Volusia Sheriff's Office)

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The woman's hubby got up and confronted Stickels, according to the video and the charging document. Stickels charged and grabbed the husband's pharynx seconds aft a waitress got successful the mediate of the men, constabulary said.

As this was happening, a bystander sitting astatine a adjacent array came from down and enactment Stickels into a chokehold, taking him to the crushed and subduing him, the video showed.

When constabulary arrived, Stickels told the responding officer, "you cognize who I am," earlier showing his badge with the sheriff's office, according to the charging document.

Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood extracurricular his location successful Port Orange, Fla., connected Thursday, March 16, 2023. (Thomas Simonetti for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

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Following the incident, Stickels was instantly enactment connected administrative leave. He was besides forced to surrender his instrumentality enforcement instrumentality pending last discipline, which could mean termination.

Stickels was charged with 2 counts of felony artillery connected a idiosyncratic 65 years of property oregon older. He was released from jailhouse connected Monday aft posting a surety bond, according to tribunal records.