CLAYTON • A former Country Club Hills police officer was accused today of pulling over a woman on suspicion of drunken driving and then engaging in sexual acts with her in exchange for not arresting her.

Timothy H. Jones, 48, of Troy, Mo., was charged in St. Louis County Circuit Court with acceding to corruption by a public servant, a felony.

Court documents say that on Nov. 10, he pulled over a 24-year-old woman for suspected drunken driving on Interstate 70 near Lucas and Hunt Road. After having the woman perform a field sobriety test, he told her she could either get arrested or she could have sex with him instead. He then drove her in his patrol car to her home where they engaged in "several sexual acts," court documents say.

Country Club Hills Police Chief Clifton Ware said the woman apparently left her cellphone inside Jones' patrol car. When police began researching who it belonged to, they reached the woman's mother, who made accusations about what happened. The woman apparently contacted St. Louis County police, who contacted Country Club Hills police. County police then began an investigation, Ware said.

Jones stayed on the force during the investigation and resigned a couple months ago without explanation, Ware said.

Jones worked for Country Club Hills a little more than a year and had worked for Jennings police for more than 20 years before that, Ware said. Ware said Jones was an "average" officer who passed background checks and didn't do anything "that would have sent up any red flags."

Jones currently holds a Class A police officer's license but is not currently commissioned with any department, according to a spokesman with the Missouri Department of Public Safety.