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| Officer on Probation for Threatening Investigator |
| By WOI |
| Published: 01/03/2003 |
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A former officer at the Iowa State Penitentiary was sentenced to two years of probation after pleading guilty to threatening to kill the warden, an internal affairs investigator and a hospital physician. Ray A. Crutcher, 39, pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree harassment and was sentenced Dec. 20 in connection with a string of incidents that also led to Crutcher's firing. Authorities said Crutcher was on a stress-related leave when he called the prison just before 7 a.m. on June 5 to leave a message for Former Warden Leonard Graves. Crutcher allegedly warned that if Graves didn't leave Fort Madison within 30 days, 'he would leave parts of him all over Lee County.' About three hours later, authorities said Crutcher called back to ask for Capt. James Burton, commander of the prison's internal affairs unit. He left a message threatening to kill Burton. Crutcher was reportedly already under investigation for abusing a prison inmate. Crutcher was committed to a hospital psychiatric unit, during which he threatened to kill a prison physician. Crutcher was charged with extortion, four counts of first-degree harassment and tampering with a witness. The other charges were dismissed under a plea agreement. |
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