The Ball State police officer arrested Wednesday has offered his resignation.
Eric Reffitt, 30, was arrested at 1:43 a.m. Wednesday at the Taco Bell on South Madison Street. He was charged with criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon, intimidation and public intoxication.
Reffitt tendered his resignation Thursday after an internal process, said Joan Todd, a university spokesperson.
The off-duty officer is accused of cutting a friend, Curtis A. Westfall, early Wednesday night when he waved a knife inside Jokers Wild, according to the probable cause affidavit. Reffitt was at the strip club for a bachelor party but stayed after his friends left, saying he would find another ride home.
Later in the night, Reffitt took out a large folding knife when he thought someone was trying to take money from him, according to witnesses in the affidavit.
Westfall had a long scratch on his abdomen from the knife. Westfall told police that the cut was an accident and that he did not want Reffitt to get in trouble.
After leaving Jokers Wild, Reffitt arrived at Taco Bell and "showed up outside the business and was knocking on the outer door that was locked and making a ruckus," Taco Bell Manager Abrianna Cochran told police.
"Reffitt was placing his police credentials up against the glass and yelling something about being a cop, all while talking on the phone," Cochran said in the affidavit.
After police arrived at Taco Bell, Reffit "became extremely belligerent and started acting out toward officers," and was placed in restraints and detained, according to the affidavit.
Reffitt originally refused to take a blood alcohol test, but he agreed to take one after his Ball State Police captain arrived at the scene. Reffit had a BAC of 0.23, according to the affidavit.
Reffitt was released on a $5,000 bond Wednesday.
Reffitt joined the University Police Department in April 2008.
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