A former Franklin County Sheriff’s deputy in Ohio is facing federal charges for allegedly violating an inmate’s civil rights by revealing his charges to another inmate, leading to an assault.
Matthew Carey, 27, is accused of intentionally disclosing a pretrial detainee’s pending sex offense charges to another inmate in March 2022, while working at the Franklin County Corrections Center. The indictment alleges that Carey knew this information would put the victim at increased risk of assault.
Prosecutors contend that Carey had no legitimate reason to share the victim’s charges and that he failed to take any action to protect the victim from the foreseeable attack.
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The indictment states that the victim suffered bodily injury as a result of the assault.
Carey is charged with two counts of depriving the victim of his constitutional rights, including the right to be free from unreasonable force and the right to be free from deliberate indifference to serious harm. He is also charged with conspiracy to deprive the victim of his civil rights.
If convicted on all counts, Carey faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison. The FBI Cincinnati Field Office investigated the case, and it is being prosecuted by the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Ohio.
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