Wednesday morning a representative from the Baton Rouge Police Department confirmed that an officer, identified as Demichael Robertson, age 29, was arrested on August 1st.
Robertson was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on a single count of Sexual Battery, Louisiana Revised Statute 14:43.1.
According to the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison website, Robertson was still being held and no bond had been assigned at the time of this publication.
The BRPD confirmed that Robertson has been placed on administrative leave as a result of the arrest.