Leroy WrightA Chattanooga police officer was arrested today for domestic violence, records show.
Officer Leroy Wright was charged with simple domestic assault after an incident just after 12 p.m.
Wright called police himself to report the incident, but initially told investigators that he was the victim.
He told police that his girlfriend, Terell Dollmont, attacked him with a blunt object at a home on Briarcliff Way, off Highway 58. He claimed to have several injuries that required medical attention.
Investigators realized that his girlfriend had also been assaulted.
In a follow up interview with police, Wright told investigators that he and Dollmont fought over a purse, a cell phone and some keys. He told police that he pushed, pulled and shoved her.
Investigators determined that both Dollmont and Wright were aggressors and issued warrants for both.
Dollmont has not yet been booked in the Hamilton County Jail.
Wright's bond was set at $1,500.
He was placed on leave without pay and police have begun an internal affairs investigation. Wright has been a police officer since 2004.
He was also arrested for domestic assault in 2011, court records show. That charge was later dismissed.
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