View the article here | Courtesy of BadCopNews04/24/2007
NASHVILLE - The Georgia Bureau of Investigations received warrants Monday on a Berrien County Jail employee after an investigation into allegations of improper conduct began Saturday, according to Sheriff Jerry Brogden.
The incident was reported to the Sheriff’s Office Saturday at approximately 2:30 p.m. The GBI was immediately notified and called in to investigate the incident, which reportedly took place in the jail Feb. 14 and involved a male jailer and a female inmate.
Saturday evening, Jonathan Nichols, 20, of Ray City, was arrested and held at an undisclosed facility outside of Berrien County. Warrants issued Monday initially charged Nichols with two counts of felony sexual assault and one felony count of false imprisonment, according to Brogden.
Nichols, who is a certified jailer, had reportedly worked at the jail for 12 months before the incident was brought to the Sheriff’s attention.
“I’ve never had anything happen like this in 23 years,” Brogden said. “I am very saddened by this. We just do what we have to do, and we have followed all the procedures we were supposed to. We can’t go back and change what happened.”
Berrien County Jail employs both male and female jailers on each shift, and male jailers are not supposed to have contact with female inmates, according to Brogden.
The incident is still under investigation by the GBI, according to Brogden.
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