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Deputy Tips Disabled Inmate From Chair; 4 Suspended

- A deputy roughly dumps a man out of a wheelchair and he tumbles to the floor.

Brian Sterner lands on his ribs, then rolls over and lies on his back while Hillsborough County Detention Deputy Charlette Marshall-Jones checks his pockets before she and another deputy clumsily put him back in the chair.

These moments were recorded by cameras on Jan. 29 in Orient Road Jail. The video has repulsed many and resulted in the suspension of Jones, a 44-year-old deputy with 22 years on the job, and her supervisors.

Sterner, 32, can drive a car but he hasn't been able to walk for 14 years.

He said he told Jones as much when he was booked into jail on a traffic-related charge.

She didn't believe him, he said.

Sheriff David Gee said was at a loss for words after viewing the video.

"This was not training issue," Gee said late Tuesday. "It's a human decency issue. I can't imagine any explanation she might have.

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No reports were filed about the incident, so investigators are trying to ascertain what the supervisors knew, Docobo said. Each of the three appears at various times on the video but none intervenes with Jones. Dickey walks into the frame from the side and appears smile as he walks away.

"That none of the supervisors acted upon what they saw is of great concern," Docobo said. "This is not the norm at the sheriff's office. It's an aberration."

Phone messages left for Jones and Hinson were not immediately returned. A number could not be found for Williams.

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Sterner was brought into the booking room in a wheelchair owned by the jail. Jones ordered him to stand, Sterner said. He told her he couldn't.

"She was irked that I wasn't complying to what she was telling me to do," he said. "It didn't register with her that she was asking me to do something I can't do."

Sterner said he thought he'd suffered two cracked ribs, but it turned out to be bruising, Trevena said. An X-ray showed no fractures.

Jones offered no apologies, Sterner said. "Not one word."

He was released from jail five days later after posting $2,000 bail, records show.

Sterner said his stay was made even more humiliating when he had a bowel accident and was left to sit in his waste for three or four hours until a staff member helped him clean up.

Video from Tampa Bay 10 News

Sis’ ya forgot to hit him with the taser.