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| Jail Officer Resigns in Sex Assault Probe |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 09/26/2005 |
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A Washington state Franklin County Jail officer has resigned and another has been suspended in an investigation into a woman inmate's claim that she was sexually assaulted. The names of the two correctional officers were being withheld, no criminal charges have been filed and the investigation was continuing, Prosecutor Steve M. Lowe said Friday. The woman, a mother of four, has been transferred to the Benton County Jail in nearby Kennewick at the request of her lawyer, Robert Thompson, who said he was concerned for her safety. The woman told the Tri-City Herald she had oral sex with an officer twice in August after being told that if she refused, she would not be released from jail in October as scheduled. She also said she saw woman inmates doing "strip shows" for other men in the jail. She was jailed June 11 and has been serving a six-month sentence for possessing cocaine, records show. Her record also includes convictions for writing bad checks and theft. The woman said she was given a polygraph test by sheriff's deputies. Thompson said investigators have requested a second lie detector test but have yet to contact him about scheduling it. The investigation marks the second case involving accusations of sexual assault at the lockup in recent years. David Webster, 36, is scheduled for trial Nov. 16 on three counts of first-degree rape involving his 17-year-old male cellmate in September 2003. |
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