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Yuma Medical Center Employee Charged With Sexual Assault

An employee at the Yuma Regional Medical Center was arrested Friday night on multiple charges, including sexual abuse, police say.

The investigation revealed Jose Arias allegedly sexually abused three adult males between December 2020 and August 2021. 

Arias is facing charges for sexual abuse, sexual assault and vulnerable adult abuse.

It is not clear if the abused men were patients of the medical center. Police say the center is fully cooperating during the investigation. 

The case is still under investigation, and Yuma police encourages anyone with information related to the case to contact the department.

Vaughan Jones was a reporter at KJZZ from 2020 to 2022.