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HOUSTON (KIAH)— Prosecutors call a former police officer in a town in Fort Bend County “a predator with a badge.”
Hector Ruiz, 29, was recently sentenced to 20 years in prison for raping a woman while on duty as a police officer for the city of Arcola.
Back in 2019, Ruiz pulled over the 23-year-old woman, took her driver’s license and forced her to follow him.
He eventually drove her to an abandoned neighborhood forced her to drink alcohol and coerced her to have sex with him in exchange for not taking her to jail.
“Ruiz was not only a predator but a predator with a badge,” said U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. “During a traffic stop, he raped a young woman he was sworn to serve and to protect, violently breaking a fundamental promise law enforcement makes with any community.”
Ruiz will remain in custody pending transfer to a U.S. Bureau of Prisons facility to be determined in the near future. It’s unclear if or when he’ll be eligible for parole.
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