Colorado sheriff accused of sexually assaulting inmate
DENVER — A sheriff in rural Colorado was arrested after being accused of taking a developmentally delayed inmate to his home, sexually assaulting her and threatening to put her in prison for the rest of her life if she told anyone, according to an arrest affidavit released Wednesday.
Sedgwick County Sheriff Tom Hanna, 43, was taken into custody Tuesday at his office, and bail was set at $250,000. He has not been formally charged, and it is unclear if he has hired an attorney.
Jeff Huston, an investigator with the district attorney’s office, wrote in the affidavit that the inmate told him that Hanna offered to pay her $60, forced her to strip and sexually assaulted her after taking her to his home in his personal vehicle on Aug. 10.
“He told me if I say anything, he was going to try and put me in prison. … I felt like I was raped, to be honest and this has bothered me a lot and it feels good to get it out because I’m telling the truth,” the inmate said, according to the affidavit. Her name had been redacted from the document.