LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) — A former officer in Wahoo has resigned after being accused of beating, strangling and possibly raping two women.

Prosecutors have charged 28-year-old Juan Ramirez Jr. with an additional two counts of third-degree domestic violence in Lancaster County.

The new charges come after Ramirez Jr. was given similar charges out of Pawnee County. On Wednesday, he was charged with one count of first-degree sexual assault in the case.

According to an arrest affidavit from Lancaster County, a woman contacted deputies on Sept. 23 to report a series of abuses at the hands of Ramirez Jr. She called after learning he was jailed the day before in a different domestic violence case.

The woman alleged Ramirez Jr. had beaten her in a variety of ways in the previous days, weeks and mo

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