GREENVILLE, S.C. -- A former South Carolina police officer has been charged with assaulting a woman during a fight.

[Donald Ross, Jr.]
Donald Ross, Jr.

The State Law Enforcement Division said Wednesday that Donald "Doug" Ross Jr., 28, had been arrested and charged with criminal domestic violence.

SLED said Ross fought with a woman last month, threw her to the ground and punched her. Officers also said Ross choked the woman until she got dizzy and poured water into her nose and mouth so she couldn't breathe.

A spokesman for the Greenville Police Department told News 4 Ross resigned on July 6. Ross had been with the police since May 2006.