Deputy charged with sexual battery

A Hillsborough County sheriffs deputy was charged Friday with forcing a female hit-and-run suspect to perform a sex act on him, authorities said.
Deputy Raymond Choy, 35, was arrested after DNA evidence confirmed a sexual encounter had occurred, according to a news release from the sheriff's office. He has been placed on administrative leave.
Choy detained the woman April 1 after she was suspected of being involved in a hit-and-run crash, the sheriff's office said. While in handcuffs, the woman was transported to the scene of the crash where witnesses could not positively identify her, the release said.
The deputy then drove to a dead-end where he led the 26-year-old woman to believe he would not arrest her if she cooperated with him, the sheriffs office said. He then got in the back seat, took off her handcuffs and ordered her to perform oral sex on him, the news release said. He then drove the woman home.
The encounter was reported to the sheriffs office the next day.
Choy was charged with sexual battery. He was released from the Orient Road jail on $15,000 bond.
A telephone message left at Choy's home was not immediately returned. It was not known if he had an attorney.