Ex South Texas DPS Officer Arrested
Menda Eulenfeld, South Texas Community News
Photo by Kleberg County Sheriff’s Office
KLEBERG COUNTY - A Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol sergeant was arrested on Tuesday by the Texas Rangers on charges of indecency with a child.
Andrew Smith, 33 resigned early Tuesday before being arrested, DPS officials said.
Charges from an investigation was initiated after a juvenile made a report on Jan. 8 regarding the alleged assault.
Smith was booked into the Kleberg County Jail on the charge of Indecency with a Child – Sexual Contact, a second-degree felony.