No jail for ex-cop William Fowlkes in beating of his officer wife

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A man charged with beating his wife, an NYPD precinct commander, avoided jail time after pleading guilty to a couple of misdemeanors, officials said.

Police said William Fowlkes, 47, followed Deputy Inspector Juanita Holmes to the Islip, L.I., home of another man on March 21. When Holmes came outside, Fowlkes began beating her on the front lawn, police said. Holmes, the commanding officer of the 81st Precinct in Bedford-Stuyvesant, suffered broken ribs.

An NYPD detective assigned to the Joint Terrorism Task Force heard the woman's screams and chased Fowlkes off, sources said. Fowlkes, a retired Hempstead cop, claimed Holmes, 46, was having an affair with the NYPD detective.

A Suffolk County judge on Monday ordered Fowlkes to attend domestic violence classes. He pleaded guilty to third-degree assault and criminal trespass, both misdemeanors, and disorderly conduct, a violation.

The judge also issued an order of protection for Holmes, a 24-year NYPD veteran, and said she'll sentence Fowlkes to three years of probation.