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By Will Greenlee of TCPalm

PORT ST. LUCIE — A Martin County sheriff's deputy accused of hitting his wife Sunday was arrested on a misdemeanor battery charge, according to a Port St. Lucie police report released Monday.

Port St. Lucie police arrested Neiamya Wilder, 36, after being called about 10:35 p.m. Sunday.

Wilder's wife told investigators that Wilder was upset with her over money, and that he gets annoyed with her easily.

She said he jumped on her and she fell down. She said he started hitting her in the head.

Wilder's wife said she usually can calm her husband, but she couldn't on Sunday. She told police that after the incident she borrowed her oldest daughter's phone, and called 911.

She also said Wilder cut her daughter's shoes with a knife.

Police reported seeing swelling on the left side of Wilder's wife's head.

Wilder's wife told police they were married for 10 years before divorcing. They were divorced for two years and remarried.

Wilder told police he didn't hit his wife, saying she "took him to the ground." He had a small cut on his shin.

"He admitted he has hit her in the past," a report states.

Police took a .45 caliber pistol and ammunition of two calibers for safekeeping at the request of the Martin County Sheriff's Office, the report states.

There were no allegations the gun was used in the incident.

It wasn't immediately clear whether the arrest impacted Wilder's employment status with the Martin sheriff's office.

Wilder was held Monday in the St. Lucie County jail on $2,000 bond, a jail official said.