A Warrior police officer acquitted two years ago of pushing his wife to the ground is now under arrest again for domestic violence.

Officer Ricky Gene Bryant, 53, is charged domestic violence/strangulation involving his wife. Arrested in 2016 on two misdemeanor crimes, this time Bryant is charged with a felony crime.

According to court records, the recent incident happened Aug. 12. Details are few but charging documents state Bryant did intend to cause physical harm to his wife by strangulation or suffocation.

Bryant was booked into the Jefferson County Jail on Aug. 12 and released 24 hours later after posting $5,000 bond. Warrior Police Chief Ray Horn said Monday the officer has been on administrative leave without pay since his latest arrest.

Bryant in April 2016 was arrested on charges of third-degree domestic violence and interfering with a domestic violence call. Authorities at the time said Bryant pulled the home telephone out of the wall and took his wife's cell phone so she couldn't call for help, according to a deposition in the case. He also was accused of grabbing her and pushing her to the ground. Court records described a particularly violent chain of events that 2016 day.

Bryant was acquitted of those charges in October 2016. The couple filed for divorce but one year later, in October 2017, jointly requested the divorce case be dismissed. They couple shares two young children.

A court date has not yet been set in the new charges.