A Denver sheriff’s deputy is under criminal investigation in connection with an alleged sexual assault of a former jail inmate.

Deputy Abdirahman Ahmed, 43, was placed on investigatory leave on July 6, Denver Sheriff Department spokeswoman Daria Serna said.

Denver police are investigating an allegation that Ahmed solicited a phone number from an inmate in the jail, met the woman after she was released from jail, sexually assaulted her and then warned her not to report it because she would go back to jail, according to a search warrant affidavit filed in the investigation.

Ahmed, who was hired in 2019, has not been charged with any crimes, court records show. The police investigation is ongoing. He did not return requests for comment Wednesday.

The woman, whose name was redacted from th

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