ST. LOUIS COUNTY (KMOX) - A Northwoods Police Officer. 26-year old Samuel Davis, has been arrested in Fayettville, North Carolina, accused of brutality.
Davis is charged with Assault First Degree, Armed Criminal Action Action, and Kidnapping Second Degree, in an incident from July 4th where he's accused of taking a man into custody in Northwoods, driving to an isolated area in Kinloch, turning off his body camera, pepper spraying and then beating the man with his baton in the back of the police car.
An eyewitness found the victim, who was bloody, had a broken jaw and was seriously beaten.
St. Louis County Police is handling the investigation. At large warrants had been issued on Davis last week and was arrested this (Monday) morning.
The probable cause statement reads: Victim reported that Defendant, a police officer, took him into custody on July 4, 2023, at a Walgreens store in the City of Northwoods. After victim was handcuffed in the back of Defendant's patrol car, Defendant deactivated his body-worn camera, did not inform the dispatcher he had a suspect in custody, and instead drove the victim to a remote location in the City of Kinloch at approximately the intersection of Martin Luther King Boulevard and Hugo Avenue. There, the officer pepper sprayed the victim, struck him repeatedly with a baton, and ordered him not to return to the City of Northwoods. A reporting party called 911 after finding the victim bloody and wounded and was able to provide other eyewitness information consistent with the statement of the victim that he was assaulted by this officer. The victim sustained serious physical injuries resulting from the Defendant's assault with the baton, including a broken jaw. The Defendant did not write a report on either the incident at the Walgreens or the incident in Kinloch.
St. Louis County Police Crimes Against Persons detectives are leading this investigation.
