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Off-duty Lewisville police officer arrested on sexual assault charge
Zacur Vargas was arrested after a 911 call led Heath officers to find him with a minor; he faces charges and is on administrative leave during investigation.
- On December 12th, Zacur Vargas, a 32-year-old off-duty Lewisville police officer, was arrested in Heath, Texas, and booked into Rockwall County Jail on a child sexual assault charge.
- Heath Department of Public Safety responded to a 911 call reporting suspicious activity at around 6 a.m. on December 12 and found Vargas involved in sexual activity with an unidentified 16-year-old in a public place.
- Lewisville Police Chief Brook Rollins said Zacur Vargas, 32, was off-duty, not in uniform, assigned to the Patrol Division, and placed on administrative leave during an Internal Affairs probe.
- Rockwall County and Heath investigators, after posting a $100,000 bond, continue criminal investigations as Vargas is released Saturday from jail.
- The Lewisville Police Department said Sunday that one release noted Vargas was arrested on Dec. 11, causing differing date reports in the department's public release.
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Lewisville police officer arrested, charged with child sexual assault
An off-duty Lewisville police officer, Zacur Vargas, was arrested and charged with sexual assault of a child after being discovered with a 16-year-old in a public place in Heath, leading to his administrative leave and internal investigation.
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