Grand Island detective accused of rape

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Story Created: Jul 24, 2012 at 11:42 AM CDT

Story Updated: Jul 24, 2012 at 12:26 PM CDT

A detective for the Department of Veterans Affairs has been arrested, accused of forcible rape in Grand Island.

40-year-old Justin Maltagliati, of Grand Island, was arrested and jailed on Friday evening.

Grand Island police say a woman reported she was raped earlier on Friday.

Maltagliati remains in Hall County custody Tuesday.

Spokeswoman Anna Morelock of the VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System says Maltagliati works for the VA Police Service as a detective.

She would not comment Tuesday on his current job status.

Court records say Maltagliati has pleaded not guilty in an unrelated Hall County drunken-driving case filed in June.

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