Crime & Safety
Harford Deputy Sentenced to Anger Management, Community Service for Firing Weapon
The deputy shot at a vehicle after it hit his unmarked patrol car and the driver tried to flee the scene.
A Harford County Sheriff's deputy pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment Tuesday for firing his weapon after a confrontation with a driver last spring, according to a statement from the Harford County State's Attorney's Office.
Deputy Christopher Behles, 38, was off-duty on April 8 when a vehicle rear-ended his unmarked patrol car on Norrisville Road at White Hall Road; and when the driver tried to take off, he fired his service weapon, police said at the time.
Behles was sentenced to five years, with five years suspended, plus anger management, two years of probation, a $2,000 fine, $625 in court costs and 500 hours of community service, the statement said.
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Last year after the charge was filed, Behles was suspended with pay, according to The Dagger.
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