SAN DIEGO – A San Diego police officer has been arrested
for investigation of false imprisonment and sexual battery of four women.
U-T San Diego reports
(http://bit.ly/1bDhQwi ) Officer Christopher Hays' arrest came as two more
women claimed that he sexually harassed or assaulted them.
Police Chief Bill Landsowne
says the 30-year-old officer turned himself in Sunday and was booked into jail.
He was released on $130,000 bail.
Landsowne says the case
against Hays came after a woman filed a report in December. He says prosecutors
were investigating claims by the two women who came forward over the weekend.
Hays could face up to 7 1/2
years in jail if convicted. He has been placed on unpaid administrative leave.