After 15 years of service, the firefighter has been placed on administrative duty after being accused of striking a 15-year-old girl with an “open hand.”
SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Police Department says they have arrested a veteran firefighter with the San Antonio Fire Department after he allegedly hit a 15-year-old girl during an argument.
Around 11 a.m., officers responded to the 1300 block of Leopard Hunt after receiving reports of an altercation.
Upon arrival, the suspect and victim spoke with investigators separately to get both sides of the story.
Officers came to find out the suspect was 15-year veteran with SAFD Geoffrey Stebbings.
The victim was identified as a 15-year-old girl.
Further investigation led officers to believe the two got into a verbal altercation in a vehicle when Stebbings allegedly “struck the [girl] with an open hand on her arm.”
Someone in the neighborhood was the one who reported the incident to police after she said she saw the teen girl get out of the vehicle crying.
Stebbings has been booked and is facing an assault causing bodily injury charge.
SAFD’s Public Information Officer Joe Arrington said the department is aware of Stebbings’ arrest and has place him on administrative duty pending an investigation into the charges.
This is an ongoing investigation.