Broward Sheriff’s deputies arrested one of their own Tuesday on charges of aggravated battery and criminal mischief after he was accused of pushing a pregnant woman down a staircase.

Deputies responded to a domestic disturbance call involving Deputy Randall Saintilus and a pregnant woman at 7 a.m. Nov. 4 in North Lauderdale, the Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.

During an argument about infidelity, Saintilus allegedly caused the woman to fall down a staircase, the release said. The woman’s back was injured, the release said.

Saintilus faces one count of aggravated battery on a victim that the offender knew or should have known was pregnant and one count of criminal mischief.

Witnesses told investigators there have been previous domestic violence incidents involving the deputy an

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