A police officer allegedly bit her boyfriend 3 times after he tried to break up with her, telling him ‘you are not allowed to leave’

A Florida police officer is facing a felony charge after her boyfriend told investigators she attacked him when he tried to end their two-year relationship. Marcia Sangronis, 38, serves with the North Bay Village Police Department and was arrested on one count of aggravated battery causing great bodily harm. The case reportedly grew out of an argument about his career plans.

According to Law&Crime, a probable cause affidavit says the man ran from the police officer’s home shortly before 10 a.m. and flagged down two Hialeah Police Department patrol officers. He told them Sangronis “physically abuses him” and described the latest alleged attack. However, the allegations have not been tested in court, and the document reflects his account.

The boyfriend said the pair spent the previous night at her home, where she brought up his “lack of motivation to pursue a career in law enforcement.” He claimed he had learned to agree with her on that topic, as it reportedly made her “angry and violent” whenever it came up. By his account, he had already decided to end the relationship once they woke up the next day.

The boyfriend says she told him he was not allowed to leave

When he announced that he wanted to end things, the police officer allegedly stood in the doorway to stop him from leaving the residence. The affidavit quotes her as saying, “You are not allowed to leave,” when he reached for the doorknob. The man told officers the attack began once he reached for the handle a second time.

In a recorded statement at the precinct, he added that Sangronis “bearhugged him” and dragged him away from the door before biting him. Special victims detectives responded, and a technician photographed his injuries. Those reportedly included three separate bite marks on his left arm, one of which broke the skin. Police also documented several scratches on his body, arms and face.

Sangronis was booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center and released after posting a $1,000 bond. A judge barred the police officer from having any contact with the man as a condition of that release. Court records show the aggravated battery count is the only charge listed against the 38-year-old.

The North Bay Village Police Department said Hialeah police notified it about the incident. The agency said the police officer was “relieved of duty with pay per our agency’s protocols.” The department added that it “holds all its personnel to the highest standards of conduct and fully accountable for their actions on and off duty.”

Sangronis gave her own statement to Hialeah detectives. However, her account of the morning is not public, as that portion of the arrest affidavit is redacted. The version of events on record so far comes from what the man told investigators and from the injuries that police documented at the precinct.

The investigation was handled by Hialeah police and not by the agency that employs her, as the man approached Hialeah patrol officers right after leaving the home. In a separate Florida case, police say a laptop hit a man’s head during a filmed fight with his girlfriend.

The report does not say what the boyfriend does for work or why the police officer wanted him to join law enforcement, as the affidavit focuses on the alleged attack. By his account, the subject came up repeatedly and he had learned to keep those conversations as short as possible.

A date for the police officer’s next court appearance has not been made public, and the no-contact order is expected to remain in place while the case proceeds.