A Greenwood police officer tendered his resignation on Monday after being arrested for DWI following an accident that occurred in the early morning hours of Sunday.
Officer Regan Wayne Whitworth Jr. was arrested for suspicion of DWI following a vehicle accident in Lavaca. A six-year veteran with the Greenwood Police Department, Whitworth was placed on administrative suspension on Monday and submitted his resignation at 9 a.m. on Tuesday according to police chief Will Dawson.
Whitworth was booked into the Sebastian County Adult Detention Center at 4:48 a.m. Sunday morning and was released at 6:09 a.m. after posting a $1,000 bond. Whitworth was booked on a DWI misdemeanor charge.
