Oak Ridge, TN (WOKI) An Oak Ridge Police Department officer resigns after being charged in a domestic assault case involving his estranged wife.

City officials confirming Officer William Cranmore resigned Tuesday following a charge of misdemeanor domestic assault in connection to a May 17 incident at a home on Oak Ridge Highway.

According to charging documents, deputies with the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office responded to the home and found Cranmore, who was in an argument with his wife about their upcoming divorce.

Police say the victim reported that “things got heated and [Cranmore] got aggressive,” adding that she had redness and swelling on her face.

City officials say Cranmore began at the Oak Ridge Police Department as a Public Safety Dispatcher Trainee on July 26, 2021. He first began serving as an officer on Nov. 28, 2024.