Chad Michael Bennett, 39,
was taken into Murrieta police custody at 11:50 a.m. at Loma Linda University
Medical Center, jail records show.
Bennett was booked into
Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside, where he was being held in lieu
of $250,000 bail. Sheriff's jail records indicate he is suspected of committing
the stalking while out on bail for a March domestic violence arrest and
allegation.
Bennett was terminated from
the Murrieta Police Department in February after seven years as an officer.
In April, he sent an email
to city and police officials, in which he criticized senior management and
alleged he was unfairly terminated.
Bennett alleges that when
he was placed on administrative leave following his May 2012 arrest on a
domestic violence allegation, he received little to no communication from the
department. He was terminated eight months later.
Murrieta police could not
immediately be reached late Wednesday for comment regarding Bennett's arrest,
so it was unclear what led to his arrest on hospital grounds.
The cop's girlfriend or
prior girlfriend reportedly worked at Loma Linda University Medical
Center-Murrieta at one time.