Daily News | Police sergeant arrested (again) in alleged bar fight after someone turned off his country music
A Philadelphia Police sergeant who was fired in 2011 for allegedly punching his estranged wife in the face — then reinstated through the FOP grievance process — has been arrested again for allegedly hitting three people and hurling racial and homophobic slurs after someone turned off the country music he was listening to in a Roxborough bar.
Sgt. James Graber Jr. was charged last week with multiple counts of aggravated assault, making terroristic threats, simple assault, and recklessly endangering another person in connection with the bar fight at Maria’s Ristorante in November. An Internal Affairs investigation found that Graber became enraged when someone switched the jukebox to R & B or hip-hop. He then moved closer to the group and used a racial epithet to describe their choice of music.Fired, then rehired: How the police arbitration system overturns the firings or discipline of more than 100 copsGraber allegedly punched a detective several times, then spat in the face of a woman who was with the man and used a homophobic insult to describe her.
Sgt. Eric Gripp, a police spokesperson, said Wednesday that when the charges were filed, Graber was suspended for 30 days with the intent to dismiss. The police department did not announce Graber’s arrest last week. He has had previous legal and disciplinary problems, but the Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police has succeeded at least twice in having his punishment reduced or overturned.in a Northeast Philly bar. Staff there had escorted Graber from the establishment, but he later returned and punched his wife in the face, according to police.
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