BEMIDJI - A Clearwater County Sheriff's Office deputy has been placed on unpaid leave after allegedly entering a Clearbrook, Minn., residence while intoxicated.

According to a release from Clearwater County Sheriff Darin Halverson, the sheriff's office received a call at 12:01 a.m. Sunday of an intruder in a residence on the 200 block of First Avenue in Clearbrook. The caller, a female, stated she was home alone and an officer from the Clearbrook-Gonvick Police Department and a Clearwater County Deputy responded to the scene.

The intruder had left before the officers' arrival, the release said. It was learned the intruder was off-duty Clearwater County Sheriff's Deputy Tom Davis, a nine-year veteran of the office. While Halverson said he could not release many details about the incident as there is an on-going internal and criminal investigation, he did say that it appears Davis was intoxicated and was walking to another residence and mistakenly entered the wrong home.

"This kind of behavior is not acceptable, especially from any member of the Clearwater County Sheriff's Office even though he was off-duty at the time," Halverson said in the release.

Davis has been placed on unpaid administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigations.

“I want to build trust and respect with the citizens of this county and this is not a way of doing it,” Halverson said. “I am disappointed and embarrassed by this situation and I would like to publicly apologize to not only the victim in this case, but to all the citizens of this county for the actions of one of my deputies.”