An Atlanta police officer was arrested and fired Thursday after a massage therapist alleged he sexually assaulted her and then took back the money he’d paid her for their appointment, officials said.

Muhammad Muhammad was arrested at police headquarters on charges of rape and false imprisonment.

Authorities said the investigation began June 8 when a woman told investigators she had been sexually assaulted by the officer two days earlier in southwest Atlanta.

The woman said she had arranged to meet with Muhammad, who paid her for a massage, according to police. Once the session began, however, the woman said the officer “became aggressive,” Atlanta police said.

“She informed the suspect that her services were not sexual in nature and requested that he stop,” police said in a news releas

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