Deputy on guard duty for Floridaโs COVID-19 response effort arrested on rape charge
MIAMI โ A sheriffโs deputy was arrested over the weekend on domestic rape charges while he was deployed to serve near Miami in a Florida National Guard unit, according to an arrest report. An arrest warrant had been issued by a judge in Highlands County for David Warren Ray, the Miami Herald reported. Ray, 39, was arrested at a hotel where he was staying on Friday night. Ray is a sergeant first class with the Armyโs 116th Field Artillery Regiment, and had been in South Florida since January to help with COVID-19 response efforts, the Herald reported. A lawyer for Ray was not listed on jail records.