Jorge AraizaHamilton County sheriff’s deputies arrested one of their own after he allegedly slapped a woman across her back, according to local court records.
Deputy Jorge Araiza was arrested Friday night and charged with simple domestic assault.
Araiza did not return a request for comment Wednesday.
According to Hamilton County court records, deputies were called to a home in the 7800 block of Saylor Lane in Hixson just after 7 p.m. Once there, they referred the call to a sheriff’s office criminal investigations division detective.
It’s not clear what led to the alleged altercation, but the investigation “concluded incident became physical,” court records state.