Ex-deputy that is accused

Memphis, tenn. (WMC) – One of two former members of Shelby County who is accused of bringing a drunk woman from a crash scene to a hotel for daily decertification on Thursday.

Sheldon Smith and Michael Yzaguirre are the two former MPs who were ended after reporting that after a traffic interruption, they brought a drunk woman to a hotel room, and a deputy supposedly had sexual intercourse with her.

Smith faced the peace officers and standard training commissions on Thursday when he was ready for decertification.

Yzaguirre was not at the session, so the Commission voted to decert it by default. The full voice will take place on Friday.

The incident came to light when the spouse wanted to know where her car was, according to the hearing during the hearing.

“The victim's spouse came to the sheriff's office span and wanted to inquire about a vehicle that belongs to him,” said Carla Allen, training director for SCSO.

According to all, the investigators dealt with the model of the body camera, report and made statements about what happened in the night of the incident.

Termination records show the two not Report you that the woman was intoxicated when she found her sunk in her disabled car, even though they found an open bottle inside alcohol. Everyone said that the woman was seen in front of the camera, noticeably intoxicated.

“She came into the house and had no vehicle,” she said. “She explained to her spouse that she was drunk that she had come into contact with two MPs, she confiscated her car and she didn't know exactly where it was.”

When the investigation began, Ms. SCSO said what happened after the two MPs brought them to a hotel room after the stop.

“She stated that the other officer had sexual intercourse with her,” said Allen. “He stayed in the hotel with her for an hour.”

Everyone said that film material had shown that Smith stayed in the room for five minutes, Yzaguirre an hour.

Yzaguirre was not free of service, but according to everyone he stopped on the way to the substation in a different matter at the traffic stop.

All of them said the woman told the investigators that she told the two MPs in the crime scene that night that she was with her spouse in an incident with domestic violence and was near home when she had a little crash and damaged her car.

The Memphis fire brigade was called to the scene to check them medically, but it refused to go to the hospital.

“She refused to be transported, she signed an consent form and the fire brigade had the victim in the care of these two members,” said Allen.

The officials did not arrest them or did not bring them to their house nearby.

Yzaguirre was heard in front of the camera and said Smith that she would bring her to a hotel.

“Both took the victim's vehicle, parked it in the sheriff's office span and left the keys with them.” Smith has decreased his body camera. ”

Smith was not decerted on Thursday. The Commission voted to suspend its post -certification until possible criminal charges of the public prosecutor's office of Shelby County County.

At the moment he cannot work with the law enforcement authorities in Tennessee.

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