A federal Medicare administrative law judge was arrested in Miami for allegedly cutting his wife with a butter knife, authorities said.
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Gerald Foulds, 79, was arrested Sunday on a charge of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon causing bodily harm, Miami-Dade jail records showed.
According to an arrest report, Foulds’ wife told investigators the domestic violence incident happened when they got into a verbal argument that escalated into a physical altercation.
She said they have been married 14 years and there have been prior physical altercations but she never reported any incidents to law enforcement, but she described Foulds as “impulsive, aggressive, and having a drinking problem,” the report said.
The wife said she had gone into the kitchen to try to avoid a confrontation but Foulds followed her and grabbed her shoulder before she tried to defend herself by blocking him with her arm, the report said.
She said he grabbed a butter knife that was on the kitchen counter and cut her left arm, the report said.
The wife was able to flee and went to a neighbor for help before going to urgent care.
Investigators responded and spoke with Foulds, who denied the allegations before he was booked into jail, the report said.
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Foulds appeared in bond court on Monday before Judge Mindy Glazer, who discussed with him hiring an attorney and setting a bond.
“You can’t let me go with my own recognizance since I’m a judge?” he told her.
“What kind of judge are you?” she asked.
“I’m a Medicare administrative law judge for 21 years,” Foulds responded, later adding that he’s “in the process of finalizing my career.”
“So, I don’t know, I don’t think so, I’d probably set a bond based on what I read here, I think that the victim was stabbed with a knife, a butter knife,” Glazer said.
At one point Glazer ordered Foulds to stay away from his wife.
“Listen, I’m a judge, I have to have someplace to live, so she sometimes lives there but she can go over to her son’s house, where she often stays,” he responded.
“I can’t force her out of her house, the victim has a superior right over the owner of the home if they’re a victim of domestic violence,” Glazer said.
Glazer told Foulds he can’t possess firearms or weapons and gave him pretrial services with an alternate bond of $2,500.
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