By Sarah Roebuck
Police1
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — A suspended officer with the Northwoods Police Department was arrested in North Carolina after applying to the Fayetteville Police Department for charges he is facing in Missouri, WRAL reports.
Samuel Davis, 26, was charged Friday with first-degree assault, second-degree kidnapping and armed criminal action. The charges stem from a July 4 arrest that Davis allegedly made without informing dispatchers or writing a report, according to a probable cause statement.
Davis is accused of driving a man to a remote area of St. Louis County where he “pepper sprayed the victim, struck him repeatedly with a baton and ordered him not to return to the City of Northwoods,” a probable cause statement reads. Documents state Davis turned off his body-worn camera before driving the man to the remote area.
A witness called 911 after finding the man bloody. Both the victim and the witness told police an officer was behind the assault. The man was left with serious injuries, including a broken jaw.
The St. Louis prosecuting attorney issued a warrant for Davis’ arrest Friday.
The Fayetteville Police Department said Davis applied to FPD prior to the charges being filed, FPD said in a statement to WRAL. Once the department was informed of his charges, FPD said they arrested Davis when he showed up on Monday at the training center for part of the application process.
Davis is being extradited to St. Louis, where he will be held on a $750,000 cash-only bond, St. Louis County police said.
Northwoods Police Chief Dennis Sheriff said in a statement to the St. Louis Dispatch that Davis remains on suspension. The sheriff also noted that the department would “rely on the findings of the prosecutor’s office” for any future decision about Davis’ employment.