Crime & Public Safety
Crime & Public Safety

Woman arrested for Facebook post by her deputy ex-husband

March 1, 2018 - Atlanta, Ga: Anne King, of Tennille, Ga., is shown with her lawyer Ken Hodges at Hodges’ law office on March 1, 2018, in Atlanta. King is suing in federal court her ex-husband, a deputy, who signed off on the warrant for King in Washington County. (JASON GETZ for the AJC)
March 1, 2018 - Atlanta, Ga: Anne King, of Tennille, Ga., is shown with her lawyer Ken Hodges at Hodges’ law office on March 1, 2018, in Atlanta. King is suing in federal court her ex-husband, a deputy, who signed off on the warrant for King in Washington County. (JASON GETZ for the AJC)
March 6, 2018

A mother vented on her private Facebook page her frustration when her ex-husband, a Washington County deputy sheriff, refused her request to pick up medicine for their sick son.

As often happens, friends posted notes in support, with one referring to the ex-husband by the derogatory term “POS.”

Within days, the ex-wife and her friend were arrested. Now the ex-wife is striking back.

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