Wednesday, September 02, 2009
Otter Creek Corrections Officer Faces Felony
A Floyd County Grand Jury has indicted 54 year old Charles Prater of Hueysville, a former corrections officer at Otter Creek Correctional Center in Wheelwright. Prater was charged with first-degree rape after being accused of forcibly raping a female inmate on June 13th. , making Prater's charge the first to be a felony. Since 2006, five corrections officers have been accused of misdemeanor sexual abuse charges at the prison. Four have been convicted, while the fifth is scheduled for trial this month.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 8:12 PM 
