An internal investigation is stemming from Trooper Royce Denney's highway stop of former Arkansas State running back Michael Dyer and Channel 7 has learned this is not the first complaint on his record.
They're allegations ranging from police brutality to requesting sex from a court worker while on the job.
However, the only one resulting in affirmative job action was a planned pullover of a fellow trooper.
"It didn't shock me at all. I filed a complaint in October regarding my traffic stop and the events that surrounded it," said Jennifer Hancock, a former White County member of Arkansas State Police.
Hancock, formerly Jennifer Mittlestat, was a state trooper with Denney. She said she had the best impression of him, until she learned he was plotting with her soon-to-be ex-husband on a pre-meditated traffic stop.
Here are transcribed phone conversations used in court between her ex-husband, Matt Mittlestat and Denney.
Matt Mittlestat: "Any idea as to how long? Because I could hang out and kind of keep a tab on her. I'd really like to see her get this ticket."
Then, a later mention from Denney himself after serving as interim supervisor over Hancock.
Matt Mittlestat: "Do what?
Royce Denney: "I said, now that I'm not supervising the fort…"
Matt Mittlestat: "Yeah"
Royce Denney: "All I have to worry about is me, I'm ready to do some pay backs on a few -- certain people."
Matt Mittlestat: "Oh, really?"
"I'd tried to tell them he had some serious ethical issues and I thought it needed to be dealt with," Hancock continued.
State police dealt with it by giving Cpl. Denney a one day suspension without pay.
Hancock isn't the first person to file a complaint against Trooper Denney. We found other allegations for a variety of reasons.
In 2008, a Searcy resident said "his wife informed him Trooper Denney asked her for sex on more than one occasion during business hours."
Even further back to 2001, a Bald Knob man "claimed he was falsely arrested by Denney and that excessive force was used. Also the trooper "pointed a gun at him after he asked Denney to move his car because it was blocking his driveway."
That resident was charged with a Class D felony for terroristic threats. His sentence later reduced from 7 years in prison to a $1,000 fine according to records.
"I kept seeing him out here on the highway, kept having to drive on the same roads that he was on and wonder what was going to happen next if my ex-husband called him up again," Hancock said she has continued to fear.
Hancock said Denney told her he was pulling her over for speeding, but gave her a ticket for tags that were expired by a month. A ticket that was later dropped.
During the time Denney was in cohorts with Hancock's ex-husband, she actually had an order of protection
State police won't give us official word on whether Denney is still with the force, citing the ongoing investigation into the Michael Dyer traffic stop
