US police officer resigns after wrongfully arresting undocumented teen

Leslie O'Neal of Georgia pulled over college student who then spent more than two weeks in federal immigration jail

A Georgia police officer resigned from his job on Friday after erroneously pulling over a teenager, causing her to spend more than two weeks in a federal immigration jail, and leaving her facing deportation.

The officer, Leslie O'Neal, was employed at the police department in Dalton, a small city more than an hour north of Atlanta.