The disabled man who was thrown out of his wheelchair by a Hillsborough County, Florida deputy, received apologies from the sheriff on Wednesday.

Sheriff David Gee said in a statement posted on the department’s Web site: "I am personally embarrassed and shocked by the horrific treatment Mr. Sterner received," CNN news reports.

A video was broadcasted on TV showing Deputy Charlotte Marshall Jones dumping on the floor 32-year-old Brian Sterner out of his wheelchair as she was booking him on January 29.

Gee continued: "I cannot and will not even try to offer an explanation for what is seen on the video, other than to say, that once it was brought to my attention, I immediately initiated an internal investigation."

Sterner was arrested for trying to flee and attempt to elude a law enforcement officer from an incident which occurred on October 25, 2007.

Sterner declared for the Tampa television station WTSP: "This deputy ... she looked at me, she didn't believe that I was a quadriplegic, I guess, and she walked behind me with those handles on the back of that hospital-grade wheelchair and she just dumped it straight forward."

When he was on the floor, Sterner was searched by two other female deputies.

Sterner said that he had his ribs broken, but at that time he didn’t know, since he can’t feel anything from his chest down.

His attorney, John Trevena, said that the sheriff didn’t recognize Sterner had his ribs broken and that the X-rays didn’t show anything. Sterner was in the jail’s infirmary for five days and afterwards was released on a bail of $2,000.

Jones is currently on suspension without pay as well as the three supervisors who were witnesses were suspended but with pay.

Gee said in his statement: "The incident involving Mr. Sterner was not caused by a lack of training or procedure. It represents aberrant behavior that is totally out of context with policies, practices and standards of the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.

The sheriff offered his apology to Sterner saying: "I want to assure him, and the public at large, that this incident is not indicative of the behavior of the over 3,500 men and women of the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office who perform their duties with pride and professionalism on a daily basis."

Trevena said that Sterner will not file a lawsuit mainly because the sheriff vowed to “make it right.”