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Four Deputies Suspended
February 13, 2008

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) --  Four sheriff's deputies have been suspended after a paralyzed man was tipped out of his wheelchair at a Florida jail.

Jail surveillance footage from Jan. 29 shows a veteran deputy dumping Brian Sterner out of his wheelchair and searching him on the floor after he was brought in on a warrant after a traffic violation.  

Sterner said that when he was taken into a booking room and told to stand up, the deputy grew agitated when he told her he could not.

Sterner can drive a car but has not been able to walk since a 1994 wrestling accident. He has partial use of his arms.

The deputy seen tipping the wheelchair has been suspended without pay. Three others are on administrative leave.

The chief deputy said the officers' actions were "indefensible" and "anything short of dismissal would be inappropriate."

Sterner's lawyer hopes there's a criminal investigation.