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Mar 13, 2024 · A former Savanna, Oklahoma, police officer has become the first in the nation to face stronger penalties under the 2022 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women's Act. A federal jury earlier this month found Jeffrey Scott Smith Jr., 35, guilty of sexually assaulting a woman during a traffic stop after turning off his body-worn camera and dashboard camera to avoid recording the assault.
- Josh Dulaney
- Staff Writer
Mar 7, 2024 · A federal jury returned a guilty verdict yesterday finding that former Savanna Oklahoma Police Officer (SPD), Jeffrey Scott Smith, 35, sexually assaulted a woman during a traffic stop and obstructed justice by turning off his body-worn camera and dash camera in an effort to avoid recording the assault. This case represents the first sexual assault conviction under the 2022
Aug 11, 2023 · The FBI Oklahoma City Field Office is investigating the case, with assistance from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and the Pittsburg County Sheriff’s Office. Trial Attorney Laura Gilson of the Civil Rights Division’s Criminal Section and Assistant U.S. Attorney Clay Compton for the Eastern District of Oklahoma are prosecuting the case.
Aug 24, 2023 · WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury in Muskogee, Oklahoma, returned a three-count indictment, unsealed today, charging former Savanna Police Department (SPD) police officer Jeffery Scott Smith Jr. with a federal civil rights violation for sexually assaulting a victim while acting under color of law and obstructing justice. According to the indictment, on Nov. 2, 2022, in Pittsburg County ...
Aug 14, 2023 · Aug. 14—A former officer with the Savanna Police Department was indicted Friday by a federal grand jury after prosecutors say he sexually assaulted a victim during a November 2022 traffic stop.
Mar 8, 2024 · A police officer in Oklahoma switched off his body-worn camera ... way,” Special Agent in Charge Edward J. Gray of the FBI Oklahoma City Field Office said in a press release. “Instead of ...
Mar 8, 2024 · Jeffrey Scott Smith, 35, a former Savanna Oklahoma Police Officer (SPD) faces a maximum penalty of 40 years in prison on the civil rights count. He also faces 20 years in prison on each of the obstruction of justice counts, one count for deactivating his body-worn camera, and one count for deactivating his dashboard camera.
