FORT WAYNE INDIANA POLICE OFFICER CLARK "DAN" TYLER:
..."Over the past few years, I've lost a lot of faith in my religion," he said, "and over the past year and a half, I basically found my faith and renewed my commitment not only to God, but my family, and I'm thankful it's all over"...
OFFICER ACQUITTED OF SPOUSAL BATTERY
WIFE ALLEGED GRABBING, DESTRUCTION OF PHONES
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, IN - 17 hours ago
By Dionne Waugh
The Journal Gazette
A jury found a Fort Wayne police officer not guilty Wednesday of assaulting his wife... His wife, who has filed for divorce, was not present... She testified Wednesday [that] Tyler held her down on the bed against her will and also grabbed her and threw her back on the bed after she got free. She said Tyler also snapped her cell phone in half and threw away the cordless house phone when she first tried to call for help. Tyler finally let her leave the room, she said, when the couple's 8-year-old daughter peeked in and asked whether her mother needed help... He repeatedly said he'd never grabbed or restrained his wife against her will. He also denied breaking the phones... Tyler's attorney, Patrick Arata, said Tyler's wife made up the story... Deputy Prosecutor Mark Caruso said Tyler – a skilled police investigator and military man – would know how to quickly cover his tracks. "A trained police officer would know you need to clean a crime scene if you don't want it to look like a crime scene," he said...
http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/fortwayne/news/local/17137581.htm
EXCERPTS I HAVE FROM PREVIOUS NEWS:
...They began to argue. The woman wanted to stop. She told the man, Officer Clark D. Tyler of the Fort Wayne Police Department, to get off her. They exchanged words and he allegedly held her down... Police never found the broken phones in the bedroom but did recover the battery to the cordless phone, according to court documents. Tyler denied to the responding officers that he physically assaulted his wife or broke the phones. He subsequently declined to speak with city detectives who were assigned to the case... ACCORDING TO COURT RECORDS, THE WOMAN FILED A PROTECTIVE ORDER AGAINST TYLER IN MARCH AND THEN AGAIN SEPT. 6, FIVE DAYS AFTER OFFICERS WERE AT THE COUPLE'S HOME... he received a five-day unpaid suspension in late November [2006] for an unrelated charge of violating the department's computer policy...
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