Virgil Smith Preliminary Hearing

(WJBK) - Charges have been filed against a state senator following a domestic dispute with his ex-wife. 

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy says Virgil Smith's ex-wife came to his Detroit home on Wexford Street around 1 a.m. Sunday, and discovered another woman there. Prosecutors allege Smith physically assaulted his ex-wife and shot at her vehicle multiple times with a rifle. Smith has been charged with malicious destruction of property, $20,000 or more; assault with a dangerous weapon; weapons felony firearm; and domestic violence.