A Richmond County deputy was arrested for domestic violence on Monday night at his home in Columbia County, authorities said.
Deputy Terence Driggers, 33, was arrested after allegedly punching his live-in girlfriend in the face and throwing their daughter to the ground inside their home on Bealwood Drive in Harlem, authorities said. The assault left his children’s mother with bruising and swelling on her eye. The daughter suffered visible cuts to her arm and abdomen, according to arrest warrants.
Harlem police charged him with two counts of battery – family violence and one count of cruelty to children in the third degree. The child cruelty occurred because his young son who is named for him was in the home and witnessed the domestic violence, a warrant says.
The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office released a statement following the arrest, saying the Internal Affairs Division was notified of the arrest. Deputy Driggers resigned on Tuesday.
“Deputy Driggers was off duty at the time of the incident,” Tuesday’s statement said. “Deputy Driggers began his employment with the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office on March 14, 2015. Deputy Driggers was assigned to Road Patrol.”
The RCSO statement says the incident will follow the same course as any other criminal investigation.
