BEDFORD, Ohio -- A former Pepper Pike and East Cleveland police officer has been arrested and charged with rape, police said.

Jeffrey L. Martin, 55, of Bainbridge Township, is charged with rape and menacing by stalking, police said.

Bedford Police Department detectives arrested Martin on Monday with assistance from U.S. Marshals and the Aurora Police Department, police said in a statement.

Investigators have not released any additional details.

Martin retired from his position as a patrolman in Pepper Pike last year amid an internal investigation, Pepper Pike Chief Michael Cannon said. Martin retired Aug. 20, 2014, prior to an administrative hearing. Martin had been accused of using his position as a police officer to solicit a woman, Cannon said.

The woman that Martin had been accused of soliciting is not the same person he is accused of raping, Cannon said.

Cleveland.com has requested a copy of Martin's personnel file.

Martin was a police officer in East Cleveland for approximately five years before Pepper Pike hired him in Dec. 18, 1991, Cannon said.