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RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — A now former Raleigh police officer was arrested for sexual crimes, Police Chief Rico Boyce said Friday during a press conference.

Tremale Stephon Cogdell, 28, was charged with a sexual act by a government employee and obstruction of justice, as well as willfully failing to discharge duties.

Boyce said Cogdell encountered the female victim on Sept. 12 early in the morning during a crash investigation in Raleigh. He then took her back to his home in a city of Raleigh police car and “a sexual encounter incurred” while he was on-duty.

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North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) contacted the Raleigh Police Department on Sept. 26 about an alleged incident earlier in the month. Boyce said Cogdell was put on administrative leave that same day.

Cogdell is under $30,000 bond. He is scheduled to appear in court at 1:30 p.m. on Monday.

RPD is conducting an internal investigation, and a criminal investigation is underway at the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation.