A veteran Broward Sheriff’s sergeant was arrested Wednesday on domestic violence charges, accused of dragging and choking a woman during an argument about infidelity.

Sgt. Scott Nida, 54, was booked into the Broward Main Jail on one count of false imprisonment, one count of domestic battery by strangulation and one count of touch or strike battery, the Sheriff’s Office announced in a news release Thursday. Nida has been with BSO for nearly 21 years.

Shortly after 7 p.m. Wednesday, deputies were called to Nida’s home in Pompano Beach after he and the woman had been in an argument and physical fight, according to a probable cause affidavit. The South Florida Sun Sentinel is not identifying the woman because she is an alleged victim of domestic violence.

The woman told detectives she and Nida had been arguing for the last several days after she saw another woman inside Nida’s home and her car parked outside on Monday, the affidavit said. On Wednesday evening, the woman went to Nida’s home and the two began arguing again.

Outside the home, Nida grabbed her arm as the woman tried to leave during their argument. She picked up a rock to use in self-defense and began yelling, and Nida “grabbed the right side of her face and her neck with one hand.” The woman tried to scream louder, and Nida “began to strangle” her using both of his hands, the affidavit said.

The woman told detectives she could not breathe and felt she would lose consciousness. As Nida choked her, he pushed her onto the yard and dragged her across the ground, according to the affidavit. She was able to break free from his grip at some point and ran toward her car to get away, but Nida followed her and pushed her into the car’s passenger seat.

Nida then started to drive the woman’s car as she screamed to be let out, the affidavit said. She tried to open the car door while it was in motion but the car’s momentum caused it to shut again.

Eventually, the woman agreed to stay in the car and talk with Nida, which she told detectives she did out of fear, according to the affidavit. She looked in the mirror inside the car and saw her face was bleeding.

Nida apologized to her in the car after seeing her injuries, the affidavit says. He agreed to let her leave after the woman told her she needed to meet with someone whose name is redacted in the affidavit.

The woman and Nida went back to his home, and she went into the bathroom and took photos of her injuries and sent them to the person whose name is redacted, according to the affidavit. The person called 911.

When she came out of the bathroom, Nida gave her a change of clothes because her shirt had blood on it. He cleaned the woman’s face and told her to apply makeup to cover her injuries, the affidavit said. She left and drove to her own home.

Deputies noticed marks in the grass outside Nida’s home where the woman said she dug her heels into the ground to try to resist being dragged, according to the affidavit. Her feet were red and bruised, her face and neck were scratched and bruises that appeared to be finger imprints were visible on her neck, the affidavit says.

Nida requested an attorney during an interview with detectives. Attorney information was not available Thursday.

Nida remained in the Main Jail on Thursday afternoon. He was hired by the Sheriff’s Office on Jan. 18, 2005, and has been placed on administrative investigative leave without pay.