Washington D.C.’s newly appointed chief technology officer and assistant city administrator, Christopher Rodriguez, was arrested and charged with domestic assault on Thursday, NBC reported on Friday.
The former director of the district’s Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency was arrested early Thursday morning at his home in northwest D.C., NBC reported. Rodriguez was arrested for “simple assault domestic violence.”
Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser named Rodriguez acting CTO last month.
Before his appointment, Rodriguez was director of the homeland security agency from 2017 to 2023. During that time he oversaw the agency’s emergency response to urgent situations. Before that, he worked as an intelligence analyst for the CIA and spent just over three years as director of the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness.
After being named CTO, Rodriguez said his priority was to “bridge the digital divide,” reducing the disparity between those who have access to technology and those who don’t.
City officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Friday.
