FBI agent acquitted in 2020 train shooting arrested in Maryland for alleged sexual assault against 2 women

An FBI cause who was acquitted of attempted execution aft shooting a antheral connected a bid astir 4 years agone was arrested successful Maryland connected Monday connected charges stemming from allegations that helium sexually assaulted 2 women.

Special Agent Eduardo Valdivia, 40, was arrested by the Montgomery County Department of Police, and the Special Victims Investigations Division is urging immoderate further victims to travel forward. Police volition clasp a quality league connected Tuesday to "encourage them to travel forward," the section said successful a statement.

Valdivia has been suspended by the FBI pending the decision of the Montgomery County constabulary investigation, a spokesperson for the FBI said successful a statement.

"The FBI takes allegations of transgression violations and misconduct precise seriously," the connection said. "Because this is an ongoing investigation, the FBI cannot remark further."

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Eduardo Valdivia, 40, faces felony and misdemeanor charges, including 2 counts of second-degree rape. (AP)

Valdivia was antecedently charged with attempted second-degree execution and different charges successful transportation with a 2020 off-duty shooting aboard a Metro Red Line bid adjacent Bethesda, Maryland, but was acquitted 2 years later.

He had allegedly engaged successful a verbal speech with a antheral who approached him asking for money. When Valdivia declined to springiness him immoderate money, the antheral allegedly muttered expletives earlier turning away.

Then, Valdivia changeable the antheral from a region of astir 2 to 3 feet aft repeatedly telling the antheral to backmost up, region authoritative Robert Hill said successful court. The wounded antheral had portion oregon each of his spleen, colon and pancreas removed during country pursuing the shooting, Hill said.

The FBI cause was aboriginal charged with attempted second-degree murder, first-degree assault, firearm usage successful a convulsive transgression and reckless endangerment.

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Valdivia has been suspended by the FBI pending the decision of the Montgomery County constabulary investigation. (Richard Sheinwald/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Valdivia turned himself successful aft helium was indicted successful 2021, but a assemblage recovered him not blameworthy of each charges past December.

Now, Valdivia faces new felony and misdemeanor charges, including 2 counts of second-degree rape, implicit alleged incidents successful May and September of this year, according to tribunal records.

Attorney Robert Bonsib, who represented Valdivia successful the bid shooting case, confirmed that the FBI cause was arrested Monday connected intersexual battle accusations.

"We don’t judge astatine archetypal blush immoderate of the allegations until each of the grounds is in," Bonsib told The Associated Press.

Montgomery County constabulary volition clasp a quality league connected Tuesday to impulse further victims to travel forward. (Getty Images)

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Bonsib said his lawsuit was ordered held successful custody aft his archetypal tribunal quality connected Monday. Valdivia is slated to instrumentality to tribunal Tuesday for a enslaved proceeding earlier a judge, Bonsib said.

Valdivia joined the FBI successful 2011 earlier helium was promoted to supervisory peculiar cause astatine the FBI office successful 2019, according to Bonsib. Valdivia had been moving astatine the FBI since his acquittal.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.