Bond was set Thursday morning at $1,500 for an Horry County police officer charged a day earlier with criminal domestic violence after being accused of firing a shot during an argument with his wife.
Nick Petrone, 40, was charged Wednesday after being taken into custody on Sunday, police said. The bond requires cash or surety before Petrone will be released from J. Reuben Long Detention Center.
Petrone, a patrol officer who has been an employee of the department since February 2006, has been suspended without pay, according to Horry County spokeswoman Lisa Bourcier.
An Horry County police officer was arrested on criminal domestic violence charges after being accused of firing a shot during an argument with his wife.
Patrol Officer Nick Petrone was booked into J. Reuben Long Detention Center Wednesday, and a bond hearing for him is pending, according to jail officials.
Petrone, 40, an employee of the department since February 2006, has been suspended without pay, according to Horry County spokeswoman Lisa Bourcier.
An Horry County police officer was arrested today and charged with criminal domestic violence.
A statement released by Horry County Public Information Officer Lisa Bourcier says Patrol Officer Nick Petrone has been booked into J. Reuben Long Detention Center on the charge.
Petrone, 40, who worked for the department since February 2006, also has been suspended without pay, according Bourcier.
Authorities say a South Carolina police officer was charged with criminal domestic violence after firing a gun and threatening his wife in their coastal home.
Investigators say 40-year-old Horry County police officer Nick Petrone was arrested Sunday after he became angry with his wife because she wouldn't hang out with his friends, breaking bar stools in his garage and damaging the door.
Authorities say Petrone and his wife kept arguing and he grabbed a gun and walked outside. She called 911 after hearing a gunshot.
On Sunday, police said Petrone grabbed a loaded semi-automatic handgun and fired a shot while friends were at his home, making his wife afraid for her life after the two argued in their Loris-area home, according to the arrest warrant.
Petrone denied the allegations when interviewed by Horry County police.
An incident report said Petrone was put in emergency protective custody immediately after the incident and was taken Sunday to Conway Medical Center to be evaluated.
Police said Petrone and his wife argued after she went inside to cook dinner, while he was drinking and hanging out in the garage with friends.
She told officers that Petrone became upset because she wasn't hanging out, and tried to talk her into coming back outside, according to the incident report.
After she told him to, "Just stop," Petrone allegedly went to the garage and began breaking bar stools and messing up the light over the pool table, according to the report.
His wife then went upstairs to hide his duty belt and his service weapon in a closet, because she was scared.
Petrone followed her to the bedroom, went to his night stand and took out a pistol, then went down the stairs, the police report stated.
His wife said she heard a shot as she was trying to leave through another exit with the children, and she said she heard Petrone say he "couldn't live like this."
She then called police.
The woman told officers that Sunday's behavior was out of character for her husband.
Police found Petrone sitting in the yard and found the pistol in his front pocket.
He told officers he made no threats to himself or his wife and did not fire his weapon.
Petrone said he only damaged his property, but did not break any laws.
He said he just went for a walk and always carries a gun when he leaves the house.
When interviewed, the children said they heard a gunshot.
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