Iowa Jailer Charged With Assaulting Prisoner

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By Daren Sukhram

ADEL (AP) - A former Dallas County jailer has been arrested on charges he sexually abused a female prisoner at the county's jail.

Fifty-eight-year-old Kevin Hines of Perry was arrested on Thursday and charged with third-degree sexual abuse and sexual misconduct on an offender.

Court records show that Hines was employed at the jail on Dec. 6, 2008, when he allegedly committed a sex act by force and against the will of an adult female who was incarcerated at the jail in Waukee.

Hines appeared in court Thursday afternoon. He was ordered held under $10,000 bond.

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