Daniel Wilkey
Daniel Wilkey, Hamilton County Sheriff's deputy who is facing criminal charges as well as civil lawsuits, has resigned.
Authorities said he submitted his formal resignation on Friday.
The criminal charges against Wilkey include two counts of rape, six counts of sexual battery, one count of assault, four counts of stalking, three counts of false imprisonment, 10 counts of official oppression, one count of extortion, seven counts of reckless endangerment, and 10 counts of reckless driving.
In one incident, James Myron Mitchell claimed that Wilkey and another deputy carried out a roadside body cavity search looking for drugs.
Sheriff Hammond earlier said he did not believe the deputies went into the body cavity.
In another incident, a woman said Wilkey, while with another deputy, told a woman he had stopped that he wanted to "baptize her." She said he stripped down to his underwear and had intimate contact with her during the incident.
He was recently arraigned in Criminal Court after his indictment by the Hamilton County Grand Jury.