RINCON — A Rincon police officer was dismissed Monday, four days after his reported involvement in a domestic dispute.
The Effingham County Sheriff’s Office had been asked by the Rincon Police Department to investigate a domestic dispute involving one of its officers, Dakota Fields
Just after 4:30 a.m. Thursday, the Effingham County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to the 100 block of Karima Circle in Rincon. Deputies made contact with the complainant and gathered enough evidence to determine a domestic dispute had occurred.
Both parties were transported to the Effingham County Sheriff’s Office for further questioning.
After the initial investigation, 33-year-old April Bonaccorsi is being charged with felony cruelty to children in the first degree, cruelty to children in the third degree and simple battery (family violence act).
Fields is being charged with cruelty to children in the third degree and simple battery (family violence act).