Moab • A former Grand County sheriff’s deputy pleaded guilty and was sentenced to probation Tuesday for beating up his father and assaulting a police officer — attacks that occurred after the deputy allegedly caught his wife and father in bed together last month.Timothy "T.J." Brewer, 33, was charged in Moab’s 7th District Court with class A misdemeanor counts of assault and assault against a police officer. He entered guilty pleas to the two charges on Tuesday during his initial appearance at the courthouse.Seventh District Judge Lyle Anderson suspended a potential two-year jail term, sentencing Brewer instead to 24 months probation and over $800 in fines. A no-contact order between Brewer and his wife and father was lifted, according to court documents.

"I understand why you would have been very angry on the night of your criminal conduct," Anderson said during Brewer’s sentencing. "You understand that you can’t accomplish anything with violence."Brewer claimed he was not a violent person."I do apologize for my actions that night," he told the judge. "I take full responsibility for them. I’m not a violent person ... I wasn’t before and I’m not now."Brewer’s attorney, Tara Isaacson, told the court that her client is trying to piece his life back together.


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"This is a family tragedy, and frankly a town tragedy that ended as well as I think it could," assistant Utah attorney general Scott Reed said after court. Reed said TJ Brewer was initially jailed for investigation of attempted murder, aggravated assault, and several other offenses out of a desire to protect the public, the deputy's family and the deputy himself. ut after a "thorough investigation" by the Utah County Sheriff's Office, "what we found was that the charges were not as serious as suspected," Reed said.

　

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