Off-duty Border Patrol agent arrested on child indecency warrants

ZAPATA, Texas — An off-duty U.S. Border Patrol agent was arrested Wednesday on child sexual assault warrants, according to a Facebook post by the Zapata County Sheriff's Office.

Lee Roy Zepeda, 47, was taken into custody on two outstanding warrants for indecency with a child by sexual contact, the Zapata County Sheriff’s Office said. Both charges are second-degree felonies.

Sheriff's officials declined to release further details about the case, citing the sensitive nature of the allegations and privacy concerns for those involved.

Zepeda is assigned to the Border Patrol’s Zapata Station.