A former officer with the Bell Police Department pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to a federal civil rights charge for sexually assaulting a female motorist.

Feliciano Sanchez, 34, pleaded guilty late yesterday to one count of deprivation of rights under color of law, admitting that he sexually assaulted the victim by forcing her to provide oral sex after stopping her for a traffic violation. Sanchez admitted that on May 16, 2007, he took the victim in his patrol car to a location where he placed his hand on his duty weapon and forced her to orally copulate.
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