A police officer in Arizona ignored a woman’s arrest warrant in exchange for oral sex after a confrontation at a convenience store earlier this month, court documents show.

Tucson Police Officer Richard Daniel, a 33-year-old three-year department veteran, responded to a report of a dispute between a clerk and a woman inside a 7-Eleven on Jan. 13 and spotted the woman as she was walking home. Daniel then learned the woman had an outstanding arrest warrant, according to newly released court documents obtained by the Arizona Republic.

The woman then asked the cop not to contact authorities about the warrant, knowing she’d be headed to jail. Police in Tucson said Daniel then asked the woman to perform oral sex on him. She declined that request, prompting Daniel to ask her to have sex, which she also declined by saying she was pregnant, records show.

Daniel then suggested taking the woman to another location, but she demurred before agreeing to take the cop to an apartment to make good on his initial request for oral sex. But the woman said she first had to ask her husband for permission, referencing their past experience as swingers, police said.

Documents obtained by the newspaper show that the woman’s husband told police his wife entered the apartment with Daniel, who had visited the residence during a prior service call. The woman then told her husband that Daniel had asked her for oral sex, promising that her outstanding warrant would be “squashed” as a result.

The woman’s husband later told police that he was incredulous at what he heard and that Daniel only shrugged his shoulders when asked if his request was authentic. The woman’s husband then left the apartment en route to the convenience store to learn more about the alleged confrontation, documents show.

The woman, according to court documents, said she was scared for her safety and suggested another sex act to Daniel, but he insisted on oral sex, which she performed before the officer used a tissue to clean himself. Daniel then told the woman to take care of the arrest warrant and left the apartment, court documents show.

Daniel later refused to answer any questions without an attorney when police investigators met him at his home. But a search warrant allowed investigators to get samples of Daniel’s DNA, as well as to dig through his locker, where condoms and crumpled tissues containing “an unknown substance” were found, documents show.

The substance on the tissues was later found to match Daniel’s DNA, leading to his arrest on Jan. 20. He was taken into custody on charges of unlawful sexual conduct as a peace officer and tampering with physical evidence. He has since been released pending his next court hearing, a spokesman for the Pima County Sheriff’s Office told the newspaper.

An investigation was launched into the allegations when the woman’s husband called to file a complaint against Daniel four days later, according to the Arizona Daily Star. He has since been placed on administrative leave without pay and has received a notice of intent to terminate his employment, Assistant Police Chief Carla Johnson told the newspaper.

“We take these allegations very seriously,” Johnson said. “Officer Daniel’s conduct — if it’s true, if these allegations are correct — it’s appalling, and it’s not reflective of the men and women who serve and protect this community every day.”