Orlando Salinas, who spent 12 years as a Miami-based correspondent for Fox News, has been arrested in Montgomery County, Virginia, which is outside Roanoke. WSLS-TV reports Salinas faces charges of rape and forcible sodomy:
The charges stem from an incident on January 11, 2016, according to court documents. The documents reveal that the alleged victim is not his wife.
Salinas does have prior criminal history of larceny, according to court documents
AdvertisementWSLS 10 has learned Salinas was under investigation for some time and the charges are the result of a direct indictment from the Montgomery County grand jury on Tuesday.
Salinas left Fox News in 2012, and took a job reporting at Roanoke CBS affiliate WDBJ. He departed that job last year, citing a difference of opinion with management, saying at the time he and the station “have differing views on what constitutes news and these moments happen at media organizations all across the country everyday.”