Former MPD officer charged with sexually assaulting woman
Yolanda Jones
A former Memphis police officer accused of sexually assaulting a woman while on duty has been arrested and indicted on the charges.
Michael Smith, 39, was booked in the Shelby County Jail around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday on charges of rape, official misconduct, official oppression and sexual battery after the grand jury returned an indictment.
Smith resigned from the police department last week, days after a 26-year-old woman filed a complaint saying the on-duty officer made inappropriate sexual contact with her as she left the Purple Haze nightclub in downtown Memphis on April 16.
Smith joined the police department in 2009. He worked in the South Main precinct and resigned on April 19.
His bond has been set at $100,000.