Stevenson's interim police chief, Roy Hester Hollis, is facing criminal charges in Etowah County. This comes within two months of taking over the office after his predecessor was criminally charged.

Roy Hollis

Hollis, 48, is charged with third-degree domestic violence, a misdemeanor. The Etowah County Sheriff's Office arrested him on Feb. 17.

Hollis bonded out on $1,000 shortly after.

Investigators were not available to discuss the case Monday night. Court records show it related to an incident on Nov. 11, 2015.

The Stevenson Police Department had no statement on the matter. An officers there said he had no knowledge of the arrest and no media statement was prepared.

An official statement could be made after the city council discusses it, he said.

Hollis took over a police chief for Daniel Winters, who was out on administrative leave after being federally indicted in January. Those charges relate to an incident in March where a man said two Stevenson police officers and Valley Funeral Home's owner and employees assaulted him because they thought he burglarized the funeral home.

Winters is named in a federal lawsuit along with the others.

The funeral home owner, Robert Hicks, is facing a third-degree assault charge in connection.