SHEBOYGAN COUNTY – A correctional officer in Sheboygan County, has been charged after being accused of a sexual relationship with an inmate. Thursday, August 24th, 31-year-old Katy Moon, of West Bend, resigned as a correctional officer at the Kettle Moraine Correctional Institution located in Plymouth. Prosecutors say the relationship was uncovered with the help of … Read more
Orange County Sheriff’s Deputy Wesley Dean was admittedly agitated and looking to inflict pain on a jail inmate when he wrenched the man’s hand high behind his back, breaking his arm just above the elbow. After the inmate sued the county, Dean admitted during a sworn deposition that he used excessive force. He apologized for … Read more
Two former prison guards in Florida who were members of the Ku Klux Klan have been convicted of plotting to kill a black inmate in retaliation for a scuffle with another guard who also belonged to the hate group. A jury in Columbia County found David Elliot Moran and Charles Thomas Newcomb guilty of conspiracy … Read more
A Clark County Corrections Deputy accused of ejaculating on a female inmate was fired last week, the county sheriff’s office announced Monday. Christopher A. North’s employment was terminated last Thursday. He hired as a Clark County Corrections deputy in January 2015 and was placed on paid leave July 13. A 24-year-old woman reported North, 29, … Read more
SUNSET, SC – The Pickens County Coroner’s Office said the death of an Easley man in law enforcement custody in May has been ruled a homicide. The coroner said 42-year-old Randall Dale Scruggs was pronounced dead at Cannon Memorial Hospital just after 4 p.m. on May 28. The Scruggs family said they were coping and … Read more
Carlos Mejia-Bonilla was starting his day at work at a construction site on Long Island when he was arrested by immigration officers in an alleged case of mistaken identity. He told authorities they had the wrong person, but he was locked up at the Hudson County Correctional Facility anyway on April 1 because he was … Read more
An officer at the Bexar County Jail has been arrested for shuttling drug money into an an inmate’s commissary fund. Rita Alvarez, a 11-year veteran of the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office, was charged Wednesday for engaging in organized criminal activity and facilitating “illegal barter, expenditures or investments.” According to Sheriff Javier Salazar, Alvarez had been … Read more
A Loudoun County jury has recommended a 38-year-old man who stole multiple tires and rims across the county be sentenced to 132 years in prison, 63 months in jail and ordered to pay $6,000 in fines, according to the Office of the Loudoun County Commonwealth’s Attorney. Jason L. Brooks was found guilty last week in … Read more
ENID — Garfield County Sheriff Jerry Niles and five other defendants are being blamed in second-degree manslaughter indictments of causing an inmate’s death last year through negligence. The indictments were made public Tuesday in Garfield County District Court. The state’s multicounty grand jury alleged in the indictments that Niles, 59, and the others caused the … Read more
Five Orange County Sheriff’s deputies are on paid leave following the killing of a convicted car thief who shared a jail cell with an accused double-murderer. The Orange County District Attorney’s Office as well as the sheriff’s department are conducting separate investigations into the July 3 death of 27-year-old Danny Pham, who was serving a … Read more
Yamhill County will pay $5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of Jed Hawk Myers, an inmate who died in the Yamhill County Jail in 2015 after he was assaulted by two other inmates then moved to a medical cell but never received care despite repeated calls for help, according to the … Read more
WAILUKU — A former Maui Community Correctional Center guard was convicted Friday of sexually assaulting an inmate while he worked at the jail three years ago. A 2nd Circuit Court jury returned verdicts finding James Siugpiyemal guilty of second-degree sexual assault and two counts of third-degree sexual assault. The jury found Siugpiyemal, 44, not guilty … Read more