The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — A former police officer from Bell is scheduled to be arraigned this morning on federal civil rights charges alleging that he sexually assaulted a woman while he was on duty.
Thirty-3-year-old Feliciano Sanchez of Pico Rivera was arrested last week by FBI agents.
A two-count indictment returned by a Los Angeles federal grand jury accuses Sanchez of deprivation of rights under color of law and carrying a firearm during a crime of violence.
The indictment says Sanchez sexually assaulted the victim last May after conducting a traffic stop. He is accused of driving the woman to a remote location, where he forced her to perform a sex act.
Sanchez worked for the Bell Police Department for 3 1/2 years and was fired in September.