Daytona – Sarah Martin of Port Orange, Fla. was arrested on Sept. 13 after a domestic violence dispute with her wife, Tabitha Martin, that involved a Daytona Beach Police-issued firearm. The women are both officers of the Daytona Beach Police Department.
The couple was married out of state but Tabitha Martin said the two had separated roughly six months ago, according to police. Tabitha Martin has recently taken custody of the couple’s child and Sarah Martin was reportedly angry with Tabitha Martin for seeing another woman and said “I’m coming for you.”
Officers said Sarah Martin punched Tabitha Martin and stole her police-issued handgun from her Port Orange home. Sarah Martin then attempted to leave in Tabitha Martin’s car according to police.
This isn’t Sarah Martin’s first time having trouble with the law.
Sarah Martin has been employed with the Daytona Beach Police Department since 2008, but, according to officials, was terminated in 2010 for untruthfulness and misuse of a computer, WFTV reported.
Sarah Martin was reinstated 18 months later during a grievance process where she agreed to 18 months of suspension without pay, according to police. She has since bonded out of the Volusia County Jail.
