A Tuscaloosa Police Officer has been placed on administrative leave after being arrested Thursday.   Officer Jimmy Darrell Smith is accused of sexual assault and strangling his wife this month.

Officer Smith has worked as a patrol officer with Tuscaloosa TPD since February 2010.

The victim said Smith threw her into a chair and tried to strangle her from behind.  She told police she had been sexually assaulted two times in August.    Read more at AL.Com

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