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Daytona Beach Cop Accused of Groping Woman He Arrested: Police

A Daytona Beach police officer is accused of groping a handcuffed woman.

Police Chief Mike Chitwood says 22-year-old Larry Jones was arrested Tuesday and is on administrative leave without pay pending an internal affairs investigation.

The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports Jones was hired in March and is still in his probationary period. He is charged with misdemeanor battery and two felonies, false imprisonment and public servant falsifying an official record.

Chitwood says he is ``disappointed and disgusted'' over the incident.

The arrest warrant states that Jones touched the woman in a sexual manner against her will after her Feb. 10 arrest. She was arrested after calling to confess to an earlier hit-and-run.

When an investigator contacted Jones he said his attorney advised him not to talk.

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