EX-DEPUTY NOW FACES PROBATION VIOLATION COUNT; MAN CONVICTED IN FEDERAL CASE ARRESTED IN MALL CONFRONTATION.

Byline: Karen Maeshiro Daily News Staff Writer

A former sheriff's deputy awaiting sentencing on federal civil rights charges has been arrested for violating his probation in a separate case involving a former girlfriend who obtained a restraining order against him.

Henry Meyers, 30, of Palmdale was taken into custody Monday on an arrest warrant for a Dec. 14 incident at the Antelope Valley Mall in which he allegedly yelled obscenities at a former co-worker at the Champ's Sports store and blamed her for his transfer to another store.

``I've heard from people from the store that they are afraid of him,'' said Deputy District Attorney Richard Naranjo.

Meyers was arrested at 5:45 p.m. at 20th Street West and Avenue I after a deputy stopped Meyers' car. He was released about two hours later after posting a $10,000 bond, officials said. He is scheduled to appear Jan. 26 for a hearing in Antelope Municipal Court.

In the federal case, Meyers faces up to a year in federal custody and a fine of up to $100,000. He pleaded guilty Oct. 6 to a misdemeanor charge stemming from a March 20 incident in which Meyers punched and pointed a gun at a man strapped to a bed in the Antelope Valley Hospital emergency room.

Sentencing in the federal case also is set for Jan. 26. As part of the plea, Meyers agreed to resign from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. He had been a seven-year deputy assigned to the Antelope Valley station.

In the state case, Meyers was charged with trespassing Aug. 22 at the Lancaster residence of the former girlfriend and of violating on Aug. 27 a restraining order she obtained to keep him away from her.

Meyers pleaded no contest Oct. 15 to violating a court order and was given a one-year suspended sentence, placed on three years' probation, and ordered to stay away from the victim, Naranjo said.

``She had been dating him while she was separated from her husband. She reconciled, and Meyers wouldn't let go,'' Naranjo said.

The trespassing occurred Aug. 22 when Meyers attempted to break in through her front door to show her an engagement ring he brought her, Naranjo said.

Meyers banged on the door for 10 to 15 minutes, but the woman told him to leave, Naranjo said. He refused and continued to bang on the door, putting dents in it, Naranjo said.

Five days later, Meyers violated the restraining order by entering her hospital room where the victim was recovering from surgery, Naranjo said.

Prosecutors are alleging that Meyers violated one of the conditions of his probation - that he obey all laws - by causing a disturbance at the mall store by using loud and offensive language.

Naranjo said Meyers was a salesman at the store and had been transferred to another store in the Los Angeles area because of a problem with the female employee. He never reported for work at the other store, Naranjo said.

Based on the police report, Municipal Court Judge Richard Spann issued an arrest warrant for Meyers and revoked Meyers' probation, Naranjo said.