Off-duty Officer Charged in Domestic Dispute

MIDDLETOWN, Del. (AP) - June 25, 2007 -- State Police have charged an Wilmington police officer after he fought with his wife while he was off-duty.

Police say Paul Ciber threatened to ram his car into his garage -- and nearly did -- during an argument with his wife early yesterday.

The couple and their children, ages 6 and 8, went into their house, where Ciber and his wife started arguing again. Police say Ciber's wife tried to leave, but he grabbed her arm.

Police say when his wife tried to call 9-1-1, Ciber knocked a cell phone from her hand. Only when one of the children distracted Ciber, was she able to complete the call.

Ciber is charged with reckless endangering, offensive touching, endangering the welfare of a child and malicious interference with emergency communications. He was released on 55-hundred dollars bail.

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Information from: WDEL-AM, http://www.wdel.com/

(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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