Officer Alphonso Sloan Arrested for 'Mutual Physical Domestic'

A Pittsburgh police detective is assigned to desk duty, after he and his girlfriend were arrested for a "mutual physical domestic" at a Hill District apartment early today.

Alphonso Sloan, 37, a 14-year veteran of the department, will work in the Police Bureau's records office in Pittsburgh Municipal Court because of the fight with Yvonne Williams, whose age wasn't available. Department officials took Sloan's service gun.

Police were called to Williams' Elmore Square apartment just after 2 a.m. for a domestic disturbance, according to an arrest affidavit. Officers found Sloan, who was working in the department's graffiti task force, sitting inside the building's entryway with a small cut on his forehead and "noticeable swelling" and redness on his right cheek, the affidavit states.

Sloan of Lawrenceville told officers he had a fight with Williams and she hit him in the head with a cell phone.

Inside the apartment, officers found Williams sitting on the bedroom floor. She had a piece of glass from a broken mirror stuck in her foot and a cut to her upper left forearm, according to the affidavit. She told police she and Sloan came home from a bar and began arguing because she was "talking to some girls," the affidavit states.

Williams, who appeared visibly intoxicated, repeatedly told police Sloan pushed her into the mirror, according to the affidavit.

Sloan told investigators he and Williams came home and she "started trippin' " when he was in the kitchen eating a hoagie. He said she started punching him and then threw the mirror at him. He left the apartment for a few minutes and when he returned, she threw the cell phone at him, Sloan told police.

Officers weren't able to determine who started the fight and arrested both, according to the affidavit.

Medics treated Williams at the scene but Sloan refused treatment. Both were taken to jail and given information on victim's services, police said. Several police supervisors were notified.

Bond information for Sloan and Williams wasn't immediately available.

Sloan will remain on desk duty "pending the outcome of the investigation," police department spokeswoman Diane Richard said. Richard said the department's policies on domestic violence incidents involving police officers were followed.

Changes were made to the department's policies after women's groups and others protested the promotions of three Pittsburgh police officers who had a history of domestic violence arrests.