DENVER (KDVR) — A Denver deputy sheriff was arrested in Colorado Springs, according to a press release from the Denver Sheriff Department on Thursday.

The department did not report when the deputy was arrested, stating only that the department was notified after the deputy was arrested by the Colorado Springs Police Department.

The deputy is identified as Darrell Killebrew. He became a deputy sheriff in 2023 and is assigned to the Downtown Detention Center.

Killebrew faces charges, including:

Felony menacing

Third-degree assault

Criminal mischief

Child abuse

Second-degree criminal tampering

Sheriff Elias Diggins placed the deputy on investigatory leave on Wednesday.

The Office of the Independent Monitor was notified, and the Public Integrity Division is investigating.