A sheriff's deputy accused of attacking his estranged wife resigned this week.
Kelly Leanthony Tillmon, 44, was arrested on a warrant charging him with domestic violence on Wednesday.
Irene Tillmon said her husband and his girlfriend, Brenda Garza, attacked her during a confrontation in a shopping center parking lot June 12.
Irene Tillmon's wrist and ribs were fractured during the fight, and she got a black eye, she said.
Sheriff T. Michael O'Connor said he could not confirm her injuries because the investigation is ongoing.
"If she said that, I'd take it as a fact," he said.
Her husband and Garza were put on paid administrative leave after the wife reported the assault Friday, according to a news release from the Victoria County Sheriff's Office.
Kelly Tillmon was arrested on misdemeanor charges and released on a personal recognizance bond. Garza was not charged, but both resigned.
O'Connor said his office filed the charges against Tillmon and Garza with the District Attorney's Office. The Sheriff's Office suggested felony charges for Tillmon, O'Connor said.
"I don't feel I'm getting any justice here," Irene Tillmon said.
Irene Tillmon said she and her husband separated in April. He had not returned her calls recently, she said. When she saw him in the store parking lot she wanted to talk to him about bills, she said.
Garza started the fight, which was broken up by store employees, Irene Tillmon said. When she tried to talk to her husband again, he hit her, she said.
"I'm very disappointed about this because I regarded Deputy Tillmon as a good deputy," O'Connor said. "No one is above the law."
The former deputy did not answer his phone Friday.
Kelly Leanthony Tillmon, 44, was arrested on a warrant charging him with domestic violence on Wednesday.
Irene Tillmon said her husband and his girlfriend, Brenda Garza, attacked her during a confrontation in a shopping center parking lot June 12.
Irene Tillmon's wrist and ribs were fractured during the fight, and she got a black eye, she said.
Sheriff T. Michael O'Connor said he could not confirm her injuries because the investigation is ongoing.
"If she said that, I'd take it as a fact," he said.
Her husband and Garza were put on paid administrative leave after the wife reported the assault Friday, according to a news release from the Victoria County Sheriff's Office.
Kelly Tillmon was arrested on misdemeanor charges and released on a personal recognizance bond. Garza was not charged, but both resigned.
O'Connor said his office filed the charges against Tillmon and Garza with the District Attorney's Office. The Sheriff's Office suggested felony charges for Tillmon, O'Connor said.
"I don't feel I'm getting any justice here," Irene Tillmon said.
Irene Tillmon said she and her husband separated in April. He had not returned her calls recently, she said. When she saw him in the store parking lot she wanted to talk to him about bills, she said.
Garza started the fight, which was broken up by store employees, Irene Tillmon said. When she tried to talk to her husband again, he hit her, she said.
"I'm very disappointed about this because I regarded Deputy Tillmon as a good deputy," O'Connor said. "No one is above the law."
The former deputy did not answer his phone Friday.
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