CLEVELAND, Tenn. — A judge has ruled that Cleveland police officer Jeffrey Griggs did not violate an order of protection filed by his wife, Cindy, when he returned to his home after the couple had separated.
Griggs was arrested March 3 when his wife and her father noticed a strange vehicle at the couple’s Chestuee Road home. Griggs and two other police officers were on the property.
Bradley Circuit Judge Michael Sharp said Griggs had no reason to believe his wife would be there since she had moved out of the house “by her own candid admission” and was living next door with her parents, according to the opinion filed in Bradley County Circuit Court.
Sharp also stated there was nothing to suggest Griggs intended to harm his wife.
“It appears highly unlikely to me that if that was his intention that he would have taken two other police officers with him to undertake some bad purpose,” he said.