Savannah police officer fired after arrest in dispute with wife
A Savannah police sergeant has been fired after he was arrested on charges related to a dispute with his wife.
Savannah-Chatham County police spokesman Julian Miller says the officer, Sgt. Allan Clairmont, was terminated for "conduct unbecoming of an officer." He had worked for the department since 2003.
The Savannah Morning News reports Clairmont was arrested Tuesday in neighboring Port Wentworth after his wife reported he forced her to leave a restaurant where she was dining with friends. She told police he later hit her in the face and side several times.
Court papers show the woman filed papers to divorce Clairmont in 2011, but the divorce has not been finalized. It was not known if Clairmont had hired a criminal attorney.
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