Started by slayton, Jan 29, 2010, 12:17 PM
A Henry County woman has been accused of having sex with a teenage inmate at the Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility.Carol D. Durant, 50, New Lisbon, a former laundry services worker at the facility, was charged this week with sexual misconduct by a service provider with a detainee, a Class C felony carrying a standard four-year prison term, and official misconduct, a Class D felony with a standard 18-month prison term.An Anderson woman who was a food services worker at the facility, Melissa D. Pfleeger, 34, Anderson, faces the same charges as Durant.Madison County Prosecutor Thomas Broderick Jr. this week also charged two other now-former employees at the facility -- including Rebecca D. Cole, 26, Knightstown -- with improper conduct involving the same inmate. All of the defendants are accusedof sending graphic images of themselves to a cell phone that was smuggled to the teen, allegedly by Durant.Correctional officers Rebecca D. Cole, 26, Knightstown, Aissatou Kebe, 25, Noblesville, are each charged with official misconduct, a Class D felony and trafficking with an inmate, a misdemeanor.