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TUCSON (KVOA) - A Border Patrol cause who was released from jailhouse aft being charged successful aggregate intersexual and aggravated assaults 2 years agone is backmost down bars.
Steven Holmes is present being held without bond successful the Pima County Jail. He is being kept distant from different inmates owed to his anterior transgression charges.
"In 2019, helium was arrested for the intersexual assaults and the aggravated home unit assaults strangulation charges., Det. Dallas Wilson said.
In 2019, Holmes was indicted connected 14 counts by a expansive jury. Wilson works successful the big enactment crimes portion and is assigned to the Holmes case. In May of 2019, helium was arrested astatine Border Patrol headquarters. Wilson said helium took him into custody astatine the presumption for information concerns.
Holmes was placed connected a $25,000 enslaved and was released to pretrial services. He was outfitted with a GPS tracking device.
Fast guardant to now.
"Last month. different unfortunate reports to constabulary besides being sexually assaulted and strangled by him," Wilson said.
Court documents showed the unfortunate explained to police, "She and Mr. Holmes person known each different betwixt 5 to 6 months and for the past 3 months the 2 person been sexually active."
On Aug. 26, they were having sex. She said, "something changed" and described Mr. Holmes' behaviour arsenic leaving her gasping for aerial arsenic helium squeezed her neck." She described, "losing consciousness arsenic Mr. Holmes continued successful having intersexual intercourse with her aft she had asked him to stop."
She managed to permission and noticed she had markings astir her cervix and eyes and down her ears. She called constabulary and participated successful a forensic intersexual battle exam.
Detectives served a hunt warrant astatine his residences a week agoThey seized galore items to include BeddingI phonesBorder patrol uniforms + accessoriesFirearm accessories.
Detectives said, determination whitethorn beryllium much imaginable victims retired determination and they are urged to telephone 911.
"Even if they don't privation to enactment successful the probe oregon prosecution, getting them immoderate benignant of resources they request to assistance them heal would be," Wilson said. "That's thing we're absorbing arsenic well."
In 2019, Border Patrol sent retired a connection and resent it again past Friday erstwhile News 4 Tucson asked the presumption of Holmes employment.
The pursuing is attributable to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesperson:
On May 21, 2019, Border Patrol Agent Steven C. Holmes from the Tucson Station was arrested by the Tucson Police Department for aggregate charges of Sexual and Aggravated Assault.
At the time, Holmes had 7 years of work with the U.S. Border Patrol. He has been placed connected indefinite administrative duties pending the result of the investigation. The U.S. Border Patrol stresses grant and integrity successful each facet of its mission. We bash not tolerate misconduct on, oregon disconnected duty, and volition afloat cooperate with each investigations of alleged misconduct by our personnel. Please spot the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Standards of Conduct Policy.
A proceedings day for his archetypal acceptable of charges is scheduled for March 22, 2022.
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