An FBI agent who was acquitted of attempted murder after shooting a man on a train nearly four years ago was arrested in Maryland on Monday on charges stemming from his alleged harassment. Sexually, two women
Special Agent Eduardo Valdivia, 40, was arrested by the Montgomery County Police Department. And the Special Victims Investigation Division is calling on additional victims to come forward. Police will hold a press conference on Tuesday to “Encourage them to come forward,” the ministry said in a statement.
Valdivia has been suspended by the FBI pending the conclusion of the Montgomery County police investigation. An FBI spokesperson said in a statement.
“The FBI takes allegations of criminal violations and misconduct very seriously,” the statement said. “Because this is an ongoing investigation, the FBI is unable to comment further.”
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Eduardo Valdivia, 40, is charged with crimes and misdemeanors. Including two counts of unintentional rape. (AP)
Valdivia was previously charged with attempted first-degree murder. and other charges involved in an off-duty shooting in 2020 on a Red Line train near Bethesda, Maryland, but was released two years later.
He is accused of engaging in a verbal exchange with a man who approached him asking for money. When Valdivia refused to give him the money The man muttered an expletive before turning around.
Valdivia then shot the man from about two to three feet away after repeatedly telling the man to back off. Prosecutor Robert Hill said in court the injured man had part or all of his spleen, colon and pancreas removed during surgery after the shooting, Hill said.
An FBI agent was later charged with first-degree murder. physical harm Using a firearm in a violent crime and causing harm through negligence
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Valdivia has been suspended by the FBI pending the conclusion of the Montgomery County police investigation. (Richard Sheinwald/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Valdivia turned himself in after he was indicted in 2021, but a jury found him not guilty on all charges last December.
Valdivia now faces new criminal and misdemeanor charges. This includes two counts of involuntary rape from alleged incidents in May and September of this year. According to court records
Attorney Robert Bonsib, who represented Valdivia in the train shooting case; Confirmed: An FBI agent was arrested Monday on sexual assault charges.
“We do not accept any allegations in the first place until all the evidence is available,” Bonsip said. Related news agencies–
Montgomery County police will hold a news conference Tuesday to encourage additional victims to come forward. (Getty Images)
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Bonsib said his client was ordered to be detained after his initial appearance in court on Monday. Valdivia is scheduled to be back in court Tuesday for a bond hearing before a judge, Bonsip said.
Valdivia joined the FBI in 2011 before he was promoted to Supervisory Special Agent at FBI Headquarters in 2019. According to Bonsib, Valdivia has worked at the FBI since his acquittal.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
