A former deputy was arrested twice on battery charges last week after a woman told officers she had been hit in the head and with a vehicle, according to police reports.
Kacy Lenea Smith, 25, resigned from the White County sheriff’s office Nov. 22, citing health reasons, Chief Deputy Phillip Miller said Tuesday.
Shortly after 4 p.m. on Nov. 23, Searcy police responded to a domestic disturbance at Oakwood Apartments, 2909 E. Moore Ave., a report said. A 24-year-old woman who said she had been in a relationship with Smith for about a year told police that the ex-deputy had hit her in the head and driven off before officers arrived.
Smith was arrested and charged with third-degree domestic battery, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, according to the report.
Smith was arrested again Friday after officers responded to a vehicle crash with an injury that happened about 9 a.m. on the Harding University campus at 915 E. Market Ave., according to another report. The 24-year-old woman from the previous report was listed as the victim.
Smith was arrested on a first-degree domestic battery charge and released on her own recognizance later that day, Miller said.
Smith also was arrested for driving while intoxicated Nov. 7, a report said. She was taken into custody about 3:40 a.m. outside the Wendy’s at 1707 E. Race Ave.
Miller said Smith had been a White County deputy for about a year.
