Osceola County deputy accused of using battery while arresting a suspect bonds out of jail

An Osceola County Sheriff’s deputy kept his eyes cast downward Wednesday as he walked out of the Osceola County Jail, ignoring reporters who peppered him with questions about his arrest related to alleged unnecessary force while on the job.Joseph Billittier, 29, left the jail about two hours after a judge granted him an $11,000 bond for charges of battery on a person 65 years or older, official misconduct, perjury in an official proceeding, and falsifying a public or court record.Billittier is accused of using unnecessary physical force while arresting a 67-year-old woman during the course of DUI investigation last month.The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office said that on September 26, 2026, Deputy Billittier arrested the woman for two counts of battery on a law enforcement officer, resisting arrest with violence, threatening death/harm to a law enforcement officer, DUI, refusal to submit for DUI testing, and criminal mischief.A supervisor who later reviewed the arrest found “discrepancie