Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Hot Spring's Deputy Accused of Rape

A Hot Spring County Sheriff's deputy is accused of rape and state police are now investigating.

Most details are under wraps, but we do know the deputy was accused of rape very early Tuesday morning, about 2 am.

Because this is under investigation, we don't know who the deputy is, but we do know he's been placed on administrative leave with pay.

The deputy has been with the sheriff's office for about five years.

Sheriff Ryan Burris says when the rape accusation was made, the deputy was off duty.

At this point, no charges have been filed.

Officials with the sheriff's office say it was important to them to involve state police as quickly as possible.

"It's a departmental issue, I don't want people looking at me like, oh well, he's trying to cover up something. I wanted that completely out of the question, so I turned it over to state police just as soon as possible,” says Sheriff Ryan Burris.

Sheriff Burris says he isn't personally worried about this incident and thinks it will turn out ok.

Burris says during his tenure, the deputy involved hasn't had other disciplinary problems.

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http://arkansasmatters.com/content/fulltext/news?cid=199391

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