Columbia firefighter union president bonds out of jail after Monday arrest

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

The head of the Columbia firefighter’s union was arrested on Monday night.

Zachary Privette, 38, was booked into the Boone County Jail at 11:54 p.m. and has since posted a $4,500 bond.

Charges were not publicly filed yet as of Tuesday evening, but information from the jail claims he was arrested on suspicion of third-degree assault involving a special victim.

Columbia Police Department spokesman Colin Imhoff told ABC 17 News in a Tuesday evening email that an incident occurred around 9:10 p.m. in the 3300 block of Broadway Business Park Court. Imhoff wrote the incident was determined to involve a “special victim” because “the victim was considered to be elderly according to Missouri law.”

Privette declined to comment on Tuesday.

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