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Temple Terrace Police Officer Accused Of Battering Husband

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By LISA A. DAVIS | The Tampa Tribune

Published: December 17, 2008

Updated: 12/17/2008 03:56 pm

NEW PORT RICHEY - A 26-year-old Temple Terrace police officer was arrested by Pasco County deputies this morning, accused of battering her husband, a paramedic for Clearwater Fire Rescue.

Tiffany Morris of New Port Richey was taken to the Land O' Lakes Jail on a misdemeanor charge of domestic battery. A judge released Morris without bail this afternoon after she acknowledged the charge and agreed to return for court appearances.

Morris has been with the Temple Terrace Police Department since May and is still in her yearlong probationary period, police spokesman Michael Dunn said. She doesn't face immediate disciplinary action, but the department will conduct an internal affairs investigation once formal charges are filed.

According to a sheriff's office report, Morris and her husband, Fred, went for dinner with friends and then to a friend's house, where she became upset over some of her husband's comments. She yelled at him and said he was being "rude and discourteous to women."

Fred Morris told deputies his wife drank a screwdriver, four margaritas and a bottle of wine during the night and was drunk.

As her husband drove home, Tiffany Morris grabbed his head, ears and arms and then bit his right wrist, the report states. At their home, Fred Morris, 28, hid his handgun and his wife's service weapon because he didn't know what she might do.

Tiffany Morris demanded to know where her gun was and grabbed her husband's head, the report states. When he wouldn't tell her, she started throwing things around the bedroom. He called deputies.

Tiffany Morris denied having inappropriate physical contact with her husband and said they just argued, the report states.

Reporter Lisa A. Davis can be reached at (727) 815-1083.

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