A former part-time officer for the Marion County Sheriff’s Office has been charged by the TBI with assaulting three female inmates in 2022 and 2023 while transporting them through multiple counties in Tennessee.
Marshall A. Raines, 83, faces charges in three counties related to allegations involving the inmates, state investigators said in a news release.
In Marion County, Raines is charged with sexual battery and sexual contact with inmates; in Smith County, he is charged with sexual battery and sexual contact with inmates; and in Van Buren County, Raines is charged with two counts of sexual battery, sexual contact with inmates, official misconduct and official oppression, according to the release from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
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Marion County Sheriff Ronnie “Bo” Burnett declined to comment on the arrest when reached by phone Tuesday. Burnett deferred questions about the case to the state agency.