Ex-jail sergeant charged with sex with inmate
OKEECHOBEE (AP) – A former sergeant with the Okeechobee County Sheriff’s Office has been charged with forcing a female inmate to have sex with him.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement reports that 51-year-old Tommie Joe Brock was charged Tuesday with felony sexual battery by a law enforcement officer and felony sexual misconduct between a detention facility employee and an inmate.
FDLE began investigating in July after Sheriff Paul May fired Brock and reported that the 23-year veteran was having a sexual relationship with an unwilling female inmate.
Court records show that Brock’s DNA was found on the woman’s clothing.