Secret Service agent charged with 2 counts of assault in January altercation with wife
Ivan Moreno, Rocky Mountain News
Published December 2, 2006 at midnight
DENVER - Lon Garner, the lead Secret Service agent in Denver, was charged Friday with two counts of felony second-degree assault for allegedly choking his wife.
Garner initially faced a misdemeanor assault charge for the January altercation with his wife, Christine Garner. The more serious counts were filed based on the evidence, said Chris Carrington, Arapahoe County deputy district attorney.
If convicted, Garner faces five to 16 years in jail, Carrington said.
Garner's wife, Christine Garner, 50, filed a complaint Nov. 9 alleging he choked her after an argument Jan. 4, in which she kicked him in the groin.
Christine Garner said she waited almost a year to come forward because her husband threatened he would "eliminate" anyone who tried to ruin his career, according to an arrest affidavit. Garner, who is free on $50,000 bail, is on administrative leave. He is scheduled to appear in court Dec. 21.
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