A King City police officer was arrested Halloween night on suspicion of holding his ex-girlfriend and a man she was with at gunpoint. David Jose Hernandez, 33, broke into his ex-girlfriend's house on the 600 block of Oates Avenue in King City just before midnight, Monterey County Sheriff's deputies said."Hernandez forced entry into his ex-girlfriend's bedroom while she was intimate withanother male," deputies said.Hernandez imprisoned the two victims while armed with a semiautomatic handgun, according to the Sheriff's Office. "(Hernandez) would not allow the two to leave for approximately 15 minutes," deputies said.At some point, Hernandez was arrested and booked into the Monterey County Jail on charges of false imprisonment, displaying a firearm, and burglary.Hernandez was not one of the six King City police officers who were arrested earlier this year in a major police corruption scandal.That bust included two former police chiefs --Nick Baldiviez and Bruce Miller-- as well as four officers: Sgt. Bobby Carrillo, Officer Mario Alonso Mottu, Sr., Officer Jaime Andrade, and Sgt. Mark Allen Baker.KSBW interviewed Hernandez in August about changes the new interim police chief, Dennis Hegwood, was making to restore trust between residents and the police force."In light of the turmoil we went through, it’s been more of a professional department. He’s brought a lot of healing to the department, a lot of encouragement, and he’s been helping us become better and more professional," Hernandez said. VIDEO: Watch the interview with Hernandez herePHOTOS: Who's who in the King City corruption scandal

A King City police officer was arrested Halloween night on suspicion of holding his ex-girlfriend and a man she was with at gunpoint.

David Jose Hernandez, 33, broke into his ex-girlfriend's house on the 600 block of Oates Avenue in King City just before midnight, Monterey County Sheriff's deputies said.

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"Hernandez forced entry into his ex-girlfriend's bedroom while she was intimate with

another male," deputies said.



Hernandez imprisoned the two victims while armed with a semiautomatic handgun, according to the Sheriff's Office.

"(Hernandez) would not allow the two to leave for approximately 15 minutes," deputies said.

At some point, Hernandez was arrested and booked into the Monterey County Jail on charges of false imprisonment, displaying a firearm, and burglary.

Hernandez was not one of the six King City police officers who were arrested earlier this year in a major police corruption scandal.



That bust included two former police chiefs --Nick Baldiviez and Bruce Miller-- as well as four officers: Sgt. Bobby Carrillo, Officer Mario Alonso Mottu, Sr., Officer Jaime Andrade, and Sgt. Mark Allen Baker.

KSBW interviewed Hernandez in August about changes the new interim police chief, Dennis Hegwood, was making to restore trust between residents and the police force.

"In light of the turmoil we went through, it’s been more of a professional department. He’s brought a lot of healing to the department, a lot of encouragement, and he’s been helping us become better and more professional," Hernandez said.

VIDEO: Watch the interview with Hernandez here

PHOTOS: Who's who in the King City corruption scandal