BASTROP, Texas (AP) - A former Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission officer has been indicted, accused of raping a 16-year-old who helped him with a sting operation.
The state attorney general's office says 41-year-old Joe Chavez was indicted Tuesday by a Bastrop County grand jury on two counts of sexual assault of a child and related charges.
Authorities say the teen reported being sexually assaulted in Chavez's state-issued vehicle last year while Chavez was on duty. The officer later resigned.
A jail official says Chavez was arrested Friday and is in the Bastrop County Jail with bonds totaling $125,000. The official said there was no information on an attorney for Chavez.
If convicted, Chavez faces up to 20 years in prison on each sexual assault charge.
Bastrop is about 35 miles east of Austin.
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