GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla. (WFLA) — A deputy from the Clay County Sheriff’s Workplace has been charged with sexual battery, Sheriff Michelle Prepare dinner mentioned.
On June 18, a lady known as the sheriff’s workplace to report a theft, and two deputies have been dispatched to her house to analyze.
One of many deputies, Ryan Perry, adopted the sufferer upstairs to her bed room whereas the opposite was downstairs talking with witnesses.
A press launch from the sheriff’s workplace mentioned Perry then demanded that the sufferer expose her breasts to him after which inappropriately touched her.
CCSO was notified of the allegations a number of days later, on June 21, and started investigating the declare and gathering proof. Perry was arrested on Friday night.
His employment with the sheriff’s workplace was terminated upon his arrest. Perry has been charged with armed sexual battery.
Prepare dinner mentioned that Perry started working on the sheriff’s workplace in 2018 and has had two citizen complaints filed in opposition to him that have been investigated. One of many investigations was sustained and the opposite was unfounded, the sheriff mentioned.
“I couldn’t be extra disillusioned to need to share this information tonight,” Sheriff Michelle Prepare dinner mentioned. “It’s devastating to us as an company and to me personally. I can guarantee you that we’ll comply with by way of on this and justice can be served.”
The sheriff’s workplace asks that anybody who had comparable experiences with Ryan Perry contact detectives at (904) 264-6512.