LA QUINTA
A former Riverside County sheriff's deputy was arrested today on suspicion of raping a woman in La Quinta, authorities said.
Marc Javier Diaz, 35, of Indio, was taken into custody around 10:30 a.m. during a traffic stop near Avenue 50 and Jackson Street in La Quinta, said sheriff's Deputy Herlinda Valenzuela.
Diaz resigned in July 2004 from the Riverside County Sheriff's Department, where he was a deputy in the Indio courthouse, after nine years on the force, Valenzuela said.
La Quinta police received a call at 8:15 p.m. Saturday about a woman being abducted from a business in the 78000 block of Highway 111 and sexually assaulted, Valenzuela said.
A man had entered the unidentified business displaying a law enforcement badge and demanded identification from employees inside, Valenzuela said.
The victim, whose name was withheld, was unable to provide identification. The suspect escorted her out of the business to his pick-up truck, which was parked in a nearby lot, according to Valenzuela.
He drove her to a secluded location near Washington Street and Country Club Drive, where he raped her, Valenzuela said.
Diaz was being held in lieu of $1 million in the sheriff's jail in Banning.
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