A former deputy at Hamilton County’s jail will serve two years of probation after pleading guilty earlier this month to misconduct for having a relationship with an inmate at the jail.
Sam Horn, 25, was indicted in 2022 on a charge of sexual contact with an inmate, court records show. On Dec. 12, he entered a guilty plea to a felony charge of official misconduct as part of a diversion deal that places him on probation until December 2025, according to court filings.
An investigation found he was dating a female inmate incarcerated at the Hamilton County Jail (then called Silverdale Detention Center) between August and October 2022.
Horn and the woman were seen on jail cameras having oral sex in a chow hall in the jail’s Alpha unit in September 2022, according to an internal affairs report by the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office.