Ga. cop allegedly attacked by fellow officer

07/27/2009
Ga. cop allegedly attacked by fellow officer
By Mike Morris Atlanta Journal-Constitution

FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — Fulton County police Monday were investigating an overnight domestic dispute in which an East Point police officer allegedly choked another officer and held her at gunpoint. The incident happened about 12:35 a.m. in the 7200 block of Connell Road, in the southern part of the county near Fairburn, Fulton police Det. Melissa Parker said.
“When Fulton County police arrived, the male officer had fled and we located the female at a neighbor’s house,” Parker said. “She has alleged that she was choked and handcuffed, and held against her will at gunpoint for approximately two hours,” Parker said. “She was able to escape and run to the neighbor’s house, and that’s when the neighbor called 911.”

Parker said the man and woman, both East Point police officers, are not married to one another.
The woman was still being interviewed, and had not requested medical treatment, Parker said. Her name was not released because she is a victim of domestic violence, Parker said.
The male officer, Jessie Lee Burden Jr., 42, was arrested later Monday morning in Griffin and returned to Fulton County, where he was charged with aggravated assault, false imprisonment and battery. He is being held in the Fulton County Jail.