A Miami-Dade Corrections officer is facing a grim set of accusations after his wife alleged he launched a violent attack during a domestic dispute. Phillip Roundtree, 36, landed behind bars this Monday, confronted with charges including domestic battery by strangulation and battery, authorities reported.
The incident, which spiraled into violence on Sunday, began as an argument between Roundtree and his wife, ostensibly over their child. According to WSVN, the confrontation escalated when Roundtree purportedly punched, strangled, spat on his wife, and also resorted to slamming her head against a wall and breaking a candle holder on her. Meanwhile, NBC Miami detailed an instance where, after his wife reportedly struck a bedroom door with her fist in frustration, Roundtree became enraged and proceeded to strip off her wig and punch her in the face.
As the altercation intensified, Roundtree's wife attempted to ward off the onslaught. She told officers that he took her in a chokehold from behind, constricting her neck and hindering her breath but managed to escape and seek refuge outside their home. These allegations paint a disturbing image of a correctional officer, someone entrusted with upholding law and order, now on the other side of the bars and facing the consequences of breaking the law he once vowed to enforce.
Currently, Roundtree remains in custody at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, with his professional future hanging in the balance, and his personal life already fractured by the allegations at hand. Rounds of legal scrutiny are bound to follow, as the justice system which Roundtree was once a part of, now presides over his fate. His wife's accusations, if proven, could spell not only an end to his career in law enforcement but also a significant spell in prison, the very institution where he worked.
