Border Patrol Agent Accused of Sexual Battery

[JBeukema]

A Hemet man has been arrested by Banning police and the Riverside County sexual assault team on charges he used his position as a Border Patrol agent to commit sexual crimes against two women.

Alex Diaz, detective sergeant with the Banning Police Department, said it is possible there are other victims and asked that anyone with information about other incidents contact him at 849-1194.

Meanwhile, Arturo H. Ascencio of Hemet is charged with sexual battery in two incidents separated by a year or more in which he allegedly used his position to force women to submit to partial disrobing and groping.

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