Former Dallas Cowboys LB Vinson Smith was arrested on a felony charge of breaking and entering, felony assault inflicting serious bodily injury and carrying a concealed weapon. Smith is now a bail bondsman and apparently he pistol whipped some dude he was trying to arrest.

The article tells the story pretty well, no need for us to retype it:

The charges are the result of a joint investigation by the N.C. Department of Insurance, which licenses bail bondsmen, and the Statesville Police Department.

Jamarr Scott, who failed to appear on a driving while impaired charge, told police that Smith hit him in the head several times when he and Hicks came into his home in the middle of the night to arrest him.

Smith’s attorney, Ken Darty, said the charges are without merit. He called the case against his client a witch hunt by the Department of Insurance, the Statesville Police Department and another bail bondsman whom he declined to name.

“This was orchestrated by the DOI, SPD and one of our local bondsman to run Vinson out of the bail business,” Darty said. “I really believe that.”

Scott disagrees. He contends Smith repeatedly hit him on the head with a pistol, causing injuries that required 15 staples in his head.

“I thought I was going to die in there,” he said from an interview room at the Iredell County Detention Center, where he is awaiting trial on a DWI charge.

The ordeal started early one morning earlier this month when he heard someone yelling “search warrant,” he said.

Scott said he was asleep and still waking up when Smith and Hicks came into his bedroom. “I was trying to put my pants on,” he said.

Scott said Smith got around Hicks and then hit him on the top of the head.

“When he first hit me, the gun came out of his hand,” he said.

Scott said he fell back onto the bed, and Smith grabbed him by the neck before retrieving the gun.
He said Smith then hit him several more times and told him that he lost money because Scott failed to appear on the DWI charge.

Scott said he begged Smith to call an ambulance, but he replied, “You’re not going to the hospital. You’re going to jail,” Scott said.

Scott said they eventually put him into Hicks’ car, and Smith got into another vehicle and left.
On the way to the jail, Scott said, he spotted a Statesville police officer. “I jumped out the car,” Scott said, explaining that he flagged down the SPD officer.

That officer then called an ambulance. Scott gave a statement about what happened, which prompted the investigation.

Scott said Hicks did not assault him. The other bondsman tried to calm Smith down, Scott said.

Don’t try to judge Vinson. He has a Super Bowl ring which makes him better than you.