This story, originally published at 7:32 p.m. on Nov. 25, 2024, was updated at 10:10 a.m. on Nov. 26, 2024, to add a statement from the FBI Washington Field Office.
An FBI special agent who has been arrested and is facing sexual assault charges involving two women, Montgomery County police announced Monday evening in a release.
Police spokesperson Shiera Goff confirmed the agent is Eduardo Valdivia, 40, of Gaithersburg.
According to digital court records, Valdivia was arrested Monday on a warrant and charged with two counts of second-degree rape and several other sex offenses and assault charges. He is scheduled for a bond hearing on Tuesday.
The FBI Washington Field Office said in a statement that Valdivia is currently suspended pending completion of the county police department’s investigation.
“The FBI takes allegations of criminal violations and misconduct very seriously,” the statement said. “We are aware of the matter involving the recent arrest of an FBI employee and are fully cooperating with the Montgomery County Police Department. Because this is an ongoing investigation, the FBI cannot comment further.”
Attorney information for Valdivia was not immediately available on the Maryland court record database Monday evening.
According to the release, detectives from the department’s Special Victims Investigations Division believe there may be additional victims and are encouraging them to come forward.
The department plans to hold a news conference about the arrest at 11 a.m. Tuesday at police headquarters in Gaithersburg, according to the Monday release. No further information about the case was provided.
Valdivia has worked for the FBI in the Washington, D.C., and Baltimore area for more than 13 years, according to his LinkedIn profile.
The arrest comes about two years after Valdivia was acquitted of all charges related to a December 2020 shooting on a Red Line Metro train in Bethesda in which a man was injured. Valdivia, who was off duty at the time of the shooting, was charged with attempted second-degree murder, first-degree assault and reckless endangerment.
The FBI National Press Office declined to comment on the matter Monday evening.
