A former Virginia sheriff’s deputy was hit with charges Tuesday for sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl nearly two years ago.

Hector David Jimenez, 45, charged with aggravated sexual battery and taking indecent liberties with a minor, which are both felonies, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported.

The Dinwiddie County Sheriff’s Office fired Jimenez on Wednesday from his job as a deputy, but noted the alleged offenses occurred in 2015 when he was employed with another law enforcement department in Virginia.

Prosecutors said that Jimenez abused his position as a law enforcement officer to intimidate the teen into performing sexual acts over the course of four months.

“Everyone is equal under the law,” Dinwiddie Commonwealth’s Attorney Ann Cabell Baskervill said in a statement. “The very concept of the rule of law means that the law applies to everyone, including law enforcers, lawmakers, everyone. Seeking justice, including by respecting the rule of law, is the highest priority and obligation of every prosecutor.”

Jimenez was arrested Wednesday and booked at Meherrin River Regional Jail in Alberta, Virginia.