The police chief of Kingsley, Iowa has been arrested on a charge of domestic abuse assault.
The Plymouth County Sheriff says 51-year-old Joseph E. Hoover was booked into the Plymouth County Jail following the investigation of an incident on the morning of July 19th at a Kingsley home.
Court records say Hoover acknowledged to sheriff’s deputies that he struck his wife with a forearm and shoulder during their altercation early Friday morning.
The charge against Hoover is a serious misdemeanor.
