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 Raleigh police car, and "a sexual encounter occurred" while he was on duty.

"What has happened is not only troubling, it is disgraceful. I am angry and disheartened both as a police chief and as a member of this community," said Boyce.

Court documents allege that Cogdell failed "to conduct and charge a DWI invest

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