Ex-Guard Indicted In Inmate Assault
A former state prison guard has been indicted in Grimes County on charges of sexually assaulting an inmate after a prosecutor said DNA evidence linked him to the crime.
Prison prosecutor Kelly Weeks said Magnolia resident Michael T. Chaney, 50, was indicted Thursday by a Grimes County grand jury on one count of aggravated sexual assault and improper sexual activity.
Chaney, who oversaw laundry operations at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's Luther Unit in Navasota, resigned in January from his post of seven years, a prison spokesman said.
He is expected to be arraigned on the charges next month. An indictment is not an indication of guilt, only that a grand jury believes there is sufficient evidence to warrant a trial.
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