Faulkner County deputies on Friday arrested a former deputy who resigned from his job at the county jail about two weeks before authorities began investigating claims he'd had a relationship with a woman held in the jail, a Monday news release states.

Robert Doyal, 45, of Conway resigned Aug. 4 from his position as a lieutenant in the jail, and on Aug. 21 sheriff's office investigators began looking into claims that Doyal had been involved in a relationship with an inmate, the news release states.

Authorities arrested Doyal, who faces felony charges including one count of third-degree sexual assault and two of furnishing prohibited articles, the release states. Doyal was held in the Cleburne County jail on Monday, an online inmate roster showed.

The release didn't give any further detai

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