(Clarinda, Iowa) – Clarinda Police Chief Keith Brothers reports one of his officers, 40-year-old Charles Leroy Dailey, was arrested on Monday, February 13, 2023,  in Monroe County, Florida on two, misdemeanor counts of domestic battery causing bodily harm. Authorities say he allegedly punched his girlfriend outside of a bar. Dailey is currently being held in the Key West, Florida jail facility.

Chief Brothers said Dailey has been an officer with the Clarinda Police Department since November 2020. He will be placed on administrative leave when he returns to Iowa and that there will also be an internal investigation.