SEVIERVILLE, Tenn.
A former civilian employee of the Sevier County sheriff's office has been charged with having sex with an inmate.
A news release from the District Attorney's office says Ty Paul Lintner of Sevierville was named in a six-count presentment returned by a grand jury charging him with multiple counts of sexual contact with an inmate.
The incidents allegedly took place between September 2006 and February 2007.
Lintner was being held in lieu of $25,000 bond and is scheduled for an Oct. 14 arraignment.
Lintner has also been accused in two federal civil-rights lawsuits of sexually harassing two prisoners at the jail. The latest lawsuit was filed in July while a similar suit was filed in February.
County officials and Lintner denied all allegations in the February suit. Lintner's attorney, Jeffrey Ward of Greeneville, said he had not seen the new lawsuit and could not comment.
Information from: The Knoxville News Sentinel, http://www.knoxnews.com
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