TIPPECANOE COUNTY, Ind. — An officer with the Kokomo Police Department is charged with battery and disorderly conduct after a road rage incident.
Roy Smith, 42, is accused of hitting a 60-year-old man, injuring the man's face and ribs.
The incident started while Smith and the man were driving on Southway Boulevard in Kokomo and got into a road rage incident on May 22. It allegedly escalated when Smith followed the man’s vehicle into the parking lot of a Kokomo restaurant. Smith is then said to have confronted the man and battered him.
The Kokomo Police Department turned the investigation over to Indiana State Police after learning the suspect was an off-duty officer.
ISP said the investigation led to a special prosecutor from Tippecanoe County filing criminal charges against Smith. He was off duty and in a personally-owned vehicle at the time of the alleged incident.
The Kokomo Police Department put Smith on administrative leave during the investigation. 13News reached out to the Kokomo Police Department to see if Smith is still employed and is waiting on a response back.