Jeffrey Martin

Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timonty J. McGinty's office requested a special prosecutor take over the investigation into former Pepper Pike police officer Jeffrey L. Martin. Martin is shown here speaking with his attorney, David Snow, during his December appearance in Bedford Municipal Court on rape and menacing by stalking charges.

(Evan MacDonald, cleveland.com)

PEPPER PIKE, Ohio -- A Former Pepper Pike police officer faces charges of rape, sexual battery, menacing by stalking and misusing a police database, according to an indictment announced this week.

Jeffrey L. Martin, 55, used the Ohio Law Enforcement Gateway to gather information that allowed him to stalk the rape victim, the indictment said.

Martin was first arrested Dec. 14. Charges filed in Bedford Municipal Court say he also followed the rape victim several times.

He used a firearm during the rape, the indictment said, but it is unclear how.

Martin followed the victim several times, including to the Bedford Police Department when she reported the rape, court records said.

He is also accused of claiming to be a private investigator in an attempt follow the woman onto the Ursuline College campus, records said.

The Pepper Pike Police Department suspended him four times during his tenure, according to his personnel file.

Two of the suspensions involved allegations of inappropriate conduct toward women.

Martin served with the Pepper Pike Police Department between Dec. 12, 1991 and Aug. 20, 2014, when he retired amidst accusations of inappropriate behavior.

Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge John J. Russo appointed a special prosecutor to take over the investigation into Martin's case on Jan. 7.

Joe Frolik, a spokesman for Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy J. McGinty, said at the time that the special prosecutor was appointed because the file sent to Bedford's prosecutor by Bedford police "contained information that would have compromised our ability to stay on the case."

The Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office also asked the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation to help with the case, a news release said.

Martin's next court appearance has not been scheduled yet.