A former deputy commissioner of the state Department of Motor Vehicles has been charged with sexual assault. Victor Diaz was arrested Tuesday on accusations of sexual assault involving a victim younger than 16.
The arrest of the former high-level state employee drew a statement from Governor Dannel Malloy, who said the allegations are "reprehensible."
The 36-year-old Diaz was charged with 13 crimes, including sexual assault, unlawful restraint, risk of injury to a minor, and employing a minor in an obscene performance. He was held on $750,000 bond after appearing in Waterbury Superior Court.
Diaz's lawyer, Martin Minnella, said he should be released without bond and instead be fitted with a GPS device to track his movements.
Diaz, a Waterbury Democrat and deputy city clerk, resigned his DMV job on September 9.