An officer with the Los Angeles Police Department was arrested by Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies Wednesday after he allegedly beat his girlfriend and caused “great bodily injury” for the third time in less than six months, officials said.

Ricardo Hernandez, 33, was charged Friday with three felony counts of injuring a girlfriend after being arrested in Santa Clarita Wednesday, according to officials with the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.

“The criminal complaint also alleges that he caused great bodily injury to the victim,” reads a statement from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.

Hernandez is accused of injuring his girlfriend on three separate occasions beginning in April. 

“In each of the incidents, the most recent occurring on Sept. 4, the victim suffered serious injuries,” the prosecutor said in a statement Friday.

Bail for Hernandez was set at $240,000. If convicted as charged, he faces a possible maximum sentence of 10 years and four months in state prison, according to D.A. officials.

Deputy District Attorney Deann Rivard of the Justice System Integrity Division is prosecuting the case. Meanwhile, the case remains under investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

Hernandez made his initial court appearance Friday, but his arraignment was postponed until Sept. 12 in Department 30 of the Foltz Criminal Justice Center.

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