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| Ex-jail officer sentenced |
| By Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |
| Published: 07/18/2005 |
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A former Allegheny County (Pa.) Jail officer was sentenced last Tuesday to 10 to 28 years in prison for having sex with four female inmates under his supervision. "You told each of these women they were different, that they were special, that if you were their boyfriend you'd take care of them," Common Pleas Judge Donna Jo McDaniel told LeShawn Walker. "And then you abused them, not only physically, but you abused them mentally." McDaniel sentenced Walker, 33, of Duquesne, to four consecutive prison terms of 2 1/2 to 7 years for his convictions on four counts of institutional sexual assault. It is the harshest sentence handed out thus far in cases stemming from the sex-for-favors scandal at the Uptown lockup. "It's terrible to be glad about someone going to prison, but I am happy. I feel a lot better," said a 32-year-old former inmate who was assaulted by Walker. Another former jail officer, Charles Richard Miller, 34, of Industry, Beaver County, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of institutional sexual assault last week and was sentenced by McDaniel to three years' probation as part of a plea deal with prosecutors. Of the 13 male officers arrested after last year's county grand jury investigations at the jail, five still await trial. Walker was convicted, two were acquitted, and five have pleaded guilty. A jury in May convicted Walker of the four charges for having sex with inmates over a five-year period. The jury acquitted Walker of three other counts, and deadlocked on charges of institutional sexual assault and rape of an eighth inmate. One of the victims Walker was convicted of assaulting told McDaniel she is still harassed by Walker's former co-workers in the jail, where she is known as a "snitch." The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review does not identify the victims of sexual assault. The 32-year-old victim, who was released from jail in February, said she feels vindicated by the convictions and sentencing. |
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