The Mount Vernon city jailer facing a misdemeanor contraband charge allegedly passed tubes containing marijuana to a Westchester County jail inmate who was in Mount Vernon for a court appearance, according to a criminal complaint filed on Monday. Sean Rogers, a civilian prisoner attendant for the Mount Vernon Police Department, was arraigned and pleaded not […]
An Aransas County jailer is being charged with murder in a shooting that was initially deemed accidental. The emblem of the Aransas County Sheriff Department. Police, fire and EMS arrived at a residence on April 19 at 536 West Yoakum St. in San Patricio County to find Phillip Esslinger, 18, with a gunshot wound to […]
A deputy jailer at the Powell County Detention Center was arrested after an investigation revealed an alleged inappropriate relationship with an inmate, Jailer Teddy Lacy confirmed. Christine Spencer was arrested on Saturday by the Stanton Police Department, court records show. Spencer worked as a corrections officer since fall 2023, Lacy, who oversees the detention center, […]
A ‘legendary’ corrections director who changed the landscape — and design — of Lexington’s jail, has died. Raymond “Ray” Sabbatine, the longtime director of corrections at the Fayette County Detention Center from 1989 to 2001 died April 20, according to his wife of 52 years, Anne. He was 74. Sabbatine began working on criminal justice […]