A Lane County jail deputy accused of raping a teen is now suspected of sexually abusing a second woman and has been fired.

Matthew Hitson, 40, was indicted last week on charges of first-degree rape, furnishing alcohol to a minor and unlawful delivery of marijuana to a minor in a case involving an 18-year-old woman, then was accused Monday of first-degree unlawful sexual penetration and first-degree sexual abuse in a second alleged assault of another woman in 2013.

The Lane County Sheriff's Office said Hitson was fired Friday. He'd been a Lane County jail deputy since January 2015. He was placed on unpaid leave following his arrest on March 23.

A Lane County deputy district attorney told a circuit judge Friday that publicity of the case has led to several other women coming forward with accounts of Hitson's behavior toward them, The Register-Guard in Eugene reported. One woman told authorities she has recorded conversations of Hitson saying he enjoys being with women when they are either unconscious or heavily intoxicated, according to the prosecutor.

During a search of the Hitson's home, authorities found handcuffs and other restraints apparently stolen from the sheriff's office in his bedroom, the prosecutor said.

-- Everton Bailey Jr.

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