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Updated: 10:01 AM Aug 7, 2009
Elliott Jailer Resigns after Rape Conviction; Sentenced to 12 Years
51-year-old Charles Howard stepped down after being informed that his public official bond was being revoked and without it he was no longer qualified to hold office.
Posted: 10:01 AM Aug 7, 2009Reporter: Randy Yohe Email Address: randy.yohe@wsaz.com |
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UPDATE: 10a.m. 8/7
SANDY HOOK, Ky. (AP) - An eastern Kentucky jailer has resigned after being convicted and sentenced on a rape charge.
51-year-old Charles Howard stepped down after being informed that his public official bond was being revoked and without it he was no longer qualified to hold office.
In a resignation letter date July 29, Howard says he expects his absence to be temporary. He denies any wrongdoing and says that "once my appeal is successful, I intend to reclaim my position as jailer."
Howard was sentenced to 12 years in prison after a jury convicted him of raping a female prisoner. Howard had argued during the trial that he and the woman had consensual sex in his vehicle.
UPDATE: 5:40 p.m.
CATLETTSBURG, KY (WSAZ) -- Elliott County Jailer Charles Howard will spend 12 years in prison after being convicted late Monday afternoon on a charge of 1st degree rape.
The sentencing phase of his trial concluded early Monday evening with that decision.
Howard was convicted by a jury in Boyd County Monday after a week long trial in which a jail inmate testified that Howard took her to a remote area and assaulted her.
UPDATE: 6/29 4:30 p.m.
CATLETTSBURG, KY (WSAZ) -- Elliott County Jailer Charles Howard has been found guilty of first degree rape.
A jury returned its verdict on Howard shortly after 4 p.m. Monday after deliberations lasting roughly 3 hours and 45 minutes.
Howard faces between ten and twenty years in prison. The sentencing phase of his trial will get underway immediately after a short jury recess.
UPDATE: 6/29 2pm/b>
CATLETTSBURG, KY (WSAZ) --Jury deliberations are underway in the rape trial of Elliott County Jailer Charles Howard.
The case went to the jury around noon on Monday.
This was after closing arguments took place earlier in the day.
Testimony wrapped up Friday with Howard taking the stand in his own defense.
UPDATE: 6/24
CATLETTSBURG, Ky. (WSAZ) -- The alleged victim took the stand Wednesday to testify against Elliott County jailer Charles Howard.
She testified that Howard -- who was taking her to the Boyd County Detention Center -- drove her to a remote area of Boyd County and raped her.
The trial will resume on Thursday with the defense asking questions. If convicted, Howard could face 10 to 20 years in prison.
UPDATE: 6/23
CATLETTSBURG, KY (WSAZ) -- The trial for the Elliott County jailer, charged with raping a female inmate he was transporting continued Tuesday.
The commonwealth began presenting its case Monday afternoon against Charles Howard.
Prosecutors alleged in their opening statement that the 51-year-old Howard drove the woman to a remote area along the Boyd-Carter county line while taking her to the Boyd County Detention Center in August.
Defense attorney Michael Curtis told the jury the woman made up
the allegations against Howard because she was angry at having to
go to jail.
ORIGINAL STORY:
CATLETTSBURG, Ky. (WSAZ) -- Jury selection is underway in the trial of the Elliott County Jailer charged with rape.
Police and prosecutors say that back in September, Charles Howard was driving a 26-year-old female inmate from Sandy Hook to the Boyd County Jail, when the inmate says Howard stopped in a remote area of Boyd County and raped her.
Howard’s rape trail began Monday morning in Boyd County Circuit Court. The trial is expected to last several days.
Howard faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted.
Howard has remained free on bond since his arrest. He's off the job, but not suspended and still getting a paycheck.
The candidate who Howard lost to in the last election, Mark Lewis, was named Elliott County's Transportation Officer until Howard’s legal issues are resolved.
Howard’s trial is the first in Boyd County’s new judicial center.
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Latest Comments
my post is not complete, the second was only a follow up from the first thatWSAZ censored. facts that anybody that lives in sandy hook knows. the corruption that takes place here.
add-on to my last post if wsaz puts it on: The judges daughter also owns the local gas station that all the counties gas is purchased!!!!! the best of local corruption at work.
to larry: drug sale no victum. you must be on drugs. drugs are killing this nation as well as more families than you can count. which I am sure is not to high
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