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A top NYPD commander was brutally beaten by her jealous ex-cop husband who suspected she was cheating on him with a detective, sources told the Daily News on Thursday.

Deputy Inspector Juanita Holmes wound up in the hospital with broken ribs and her estranged husband, retired Hempstead, L.I., Detective William Fowlkes, was arrested, sources said.

Fowlkes, 47, followed Holmes, 46, to the other man's Suffolk County home on Monday and began pummeling her on the front lawn, sources said.

Her piercing screams brought Holmes' friend charging out of his house - and he chased Fowlkes away, the sources said.

Suffolk County cops busted Fowlkes on Tuesday and charged him with misdemeanor assault, trespassing and criminal mischief.

A judge gave Holmes, the commander of the 81st Precinct in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, an order of protection against Fowlkes, who bills himself as a "success coach."

The domestic-violence incident sent shock waves through the NYPD.

"Inspector Holmes is a highly regarded police executive who is the victim of a terrible crime," said Roy Richter, president of the NYPD Captains Endowment Association.

"She has the care and support of her friends and co-workers as she recovers from this traumatic act of violence."

Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly recently named Holmes to run the 81st Precinct, which had been rocked by a crime-stat fudging scandal under previous leadership.

NYPD brass had no immediate comment on the assault.

"She's a good lady, and a good cop and this is a horrible thing to have happened to her," a police source said.

Holmes and Fowlkes, who once shared a home in Baldwin, L.I., recently separated and were living in different apartments, sources said.

It was unclear if Holmes was romantically involved with the man she was visiting - who is a member of the NYPD Joint Terrorism Task Force - or if they are just friends.

Fowlkes believed his wife was having an affair and had been privately surveilling her to prove it, sources said.

A source who knows both Holmes and Fowlkes described them as "both good people."

"Sometimes things happen and emotions take over," that source said.

Fowlkes could not be reached for comment yesterday. A message left on his answering machine was not returned.

He was released Tuesday after being arraigned in Suffolk County First District Court in Central Islip and told to return April 8.

Holmes had yet to return to duty yesterday.

Twice-married, she is a 24-year NYPD veteran from a family of cops. Four sisters and a brother are on the force; another brother is a corrections officer; and another is a bounty hunter.

"I've had a lot of sleepless nights on this job, but I love what I do," she told the Brooklyn Eagle community newspaper in October.


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