Sheriff’s Deputy Pleads Guilty To Assault, Battery On Wife; Resigns Job

An Escambia County deputy first arrested in January after getting into a fight with his wife pleaded guilty to battery and assault charges Monday in Escambia Circuit Court.

Edward Henley was sentenced to one year probation, during which he will not be allowed to carry a weapon. He will also pay a $625 fine.

Deputies responded to a 911 call on Kingsfield Road in Cantonment about 12:45 a.m. on January 16 where they found a marked ECSO patrol car in the driveway. Inside, they found Henley’s wife who claimed that she and Henley had been at a party earlier in the evening. She told deputies that they got into an argument that later escalated into a physical confrontation, according the Sheriff’s Office. Henley’s wife told deputies that he struck her several times at the residence.

The former sergeant has since resigned from the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office. He had been a deputy for 22 years.