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PARIS – An investigation by special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has resulted in the arrest of a Henry County Correctional Officer on charges of having inappropriate contact with an inmate.
At the request of 24th District Attorney General Matt Stowe, Thursday, Sept. 9., TBI agents began investigating a report of a Henry County Correctional Officer having inappropriate contact with a female inmate inside her cell over the last week.
As a result of the investigation, Richard Wade Sanders, 21, was arrested Thursday afternoon and booked into the Henry County Jail on three counts of sexual contact with an inmate. His bond is set at $25,000. Sanders is no longer employed by the Henry County Sheriff’s Office following an internal investigation.