REGIONAL JAIL OFFICER CHARGED WITH SEX OFFENSE

(02/14/2008)
A Gilmer County corrections officer has been charged with sexual offenses committed during a time when he was on duty.

Steven Thomas Gray, 26, of Glenville, is charged with sexual assault in the second degree and imposition of sexual intercourse on incarcerated persons.

The charge alleges that when Gray was employed as a corrections officer at the Central Regional Jail in Flatwoods, he engaged in sexual acts with a prisoner.

The case was investigated by Trooper D. B. Gast.

He is facing the charges in Braxton County.