Thursday, February 24, 2011

El Paso police officer arrested on sexual assault charges involving on duty incident

El Paso, Texas

El Paso Police arrested one of their own on Thursday after an investigation led to sexual assault charges.

Zake Rivera, 29, was arrested for sexual assault after an investigation.

Police said the investigation revealed that on January 23, 2011, River and his partner responded to a family disturbance call. While investigating the disturbance, both officers separated each of the persons involved in the disturbance, one of which was the victim. EPPD said separating the persons involved in domestic disturbances is standard procedure.

Police said that while the victim was separated with RIvera, and out of sight of the others, Rivera sexually assaulted the victim.

The victim went to police, and Internal Affairs and Special Investigations Group began an investigation.

A warrant was secured for the arrest of Rivera after the investigation for the offense of sexual assault. He was booked into the El Paso County Jail on a bond of $25,000.00.

Rivera is a 4-year veteran of the El Paso Police Department and was assigned to the Westside Regional Command Center.

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