Ex-jailer arrested 9 years later
A former Chattanooga corrections officer was arrested Thursday and charged with sexual contact with a prisoner. He had avoided authorities for nine years.
The warrant for 43-year-old Jeffrey Helton’s arrest was issued in September 2003 when Helton worked at the Silverdale Detention Center. He worked the day shift in the women’s unit, the affidavit states. When one inmate left her cell for her cleaning job, the pair had consensual sex in a closet, according to the report.
It is illegal for a corrections officer to have sex with an inmate.
Another officer learned about the incident and reported it to authorities. Helton, who lives in Trenton, Ga., was booked in the Hamilton County Jail on Thursday and bond was set at $500.
$130,000 bond set in rape case
A Chattanooga man was charged with rape Thursday after his DNA was found on the victim.