PICKETT, LORI ANN
Age at Arrest: 47
Date of Birth: 04/29/1963
Arresting Agency: Hamilton County
Last Date of Arrest: 02/23/2011
Charge(s):
DOMESTIC ASSAULTA Hamilton County deputy was jailed Wednesday after witnesses said she decked her husband upon learning he might be having an affair, according to an arrest report.
The report said Deputy Lori A. Pickett was charged with domestic assault after she struck her husband, Hamilton County Courts Officer Jim Pickett, several times outside Juvenile Court, where she confronted him Friday.
Lori Pickett, who has worked at the sheriff’s office for about 23 years and has a desk job, was released on her own recognizance. She has had her law enforcement privileges — such as arrest powers and authorization to carry a weapon — suspended pending the outcome of a criminal and internal investigation, said Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Hammond.
“I can tell you 30 minutes later these two kissed and made up, but that doesn’t mitigate what happened,” Hammond said. “There are still consequences.”
The incident began after Lori Pickett received an anonymous phone call saying her husband was having an affair with an unknown woman, the arrest report stated.