According to the criminal complaint, Curran arrived at his Fort Washakie home at about 10 p.m. April 11. His wife and two children were sleeping.

Curran’s wife told a Federal Bureau of Investigations agent her husband was drunk at the time, the complaint states. The couple argued and the woman tried to leave the home. However, Curran blocked the bedroom doorway and hit his wife.

According to the complaint, Curran then picked up his wife and carried her toward the basement. While doing so, the woman was able to pick up her cellphone and a corkscrew bottle opener from their kitchen counter. She tried to stab Curran in the back with the corkscrew. However, Curran threw the woman onto the ground and pushed her down the stairs into the basement, the complaint states.

Curran grabbed his wife by the arms and dragged her into a room where he keeps his police gear, according to the complaint. He cuffed her wrists and ankles and retrieved a pistol. He then threatened to kill his wife and bury her, the complaint states.

The woman dialed 911 on the cellphone and hid the phone behind her. A recording from the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office states Curran told his wife, “I can bury you,” according to the complaint.