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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.

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