A Menifee police officer was arrested on suspicion of rape and committing other crimes on Tuesday, Aug. 12, after a complaint was lodged against him and an investigation found others who authorities believe were victims.

Juan Jose Pesina, a 32-year-old Menifee resident, was also booked into the Cois M. Byrd Detention Center in French Valley on suspicion of sodomy, sexual battery and oral copulation by force, all felonies, Riverside County jail records show.

Pesina was being held in lieu of $1 million bail. He had not been charged as of Wednesday.

The investigation began in July when Menifee police received an allegation of an attack by an on-duty officer who was not identified by name in the report. Detectives determined that an officer was involved, so the department handed off the inv

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