The Brief
- King County Sheriff’s deputy Ricardo Cueva is charged with raping a 17-year-old girl he met through a youth program.
- The alleged incidents occurred in 2017 and 2018 while Cueva led the sheriff’s office’s Explorer Program.
- Cueva is on administrative leave, with bail set at $150,000.
BURIEN, Wash. – A King County Sheriff’s deputy has been charged with allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl.
Ricardo Cueva is facing charges of third-degree rape and first-degree sexual misconduct with minor.
The alleged incidents occurred back in 2017 and 2018, when Cueva was lead of the King County Sheriff’s Explorer Program at the Burien Police Department.…