MIAMI – Officials say a sheriff’s deputy was arrested on domestic rape charges while he was deployed to serve near Miami in a Florida National Guard unit.
A judge in Highlands County issued the arrest warrant for 39-year-old David Warren Ray.
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He was arrested on Friday night at the hotel where he was staying.
Records show Ray is a sergeant first class with the Army’s 116th Field Artillery Regiment. He had been on deployment in South Florida since January to help with COVID-19 response efforts. His deployment was scheduled to end later this month.
A lawyer for Ray was not listed on jail records.