CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Sheriff's Office has arrested one of their own. 22-year-old LaDestiny Brown is the Correctional Officer who stands accused of assaulting an inmate among other charges. 3News spoke with Nueces County Sheriff J.C. Hooper about the internal investigation that led to the arrest.
Brown was taken into custody Wednesday night and is facing several charges:
- Aggravated Assault by a Public Servant
- Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity
- Tampering with Government Documents
- Official Oppression
Brown's arrest stemmed from an incident that allegedly took place in the jail on May 10 after a 20-year-old female inmate made an outcry that she had been assaulted.
Sheriff Hooper said detectives investigated the case and worked with prosecutors from the District Attorney's Office to serve an arrest warrant on Brown. With 890 inmates in the care and custody of Sheriff Hooper, he said whether its a verbal outcry or a complaint from a relative of an inmate, each investigation is taken seriously.
"Jail administration followed up on her complaint [the inmate] and we have over 200 cameras in our jail," Sheriff Hooper said. "Ultimately it did show a concern that we turned over to our own detectives at the Nueces County Sheriff's Office. We investigate it to the fullest extent possible and if we can't accurately investigate it ourselves, we will go to the Texas Rangers, in this case, we were able to do all the interviews."
Sheriff Hooper said the inmate who made the claim did have minor injures and was treated for them in house.
"It is very rare when it occurs, unfortunately when this occurs, 99-percent of our Correctional Officers are very hard working, very honest public servants," Sheriff Hooper said.
At the time of the allegation, Brown had been employed with the Sheriff's Office for nine months. Since the investigation, Sheriff Hooper tells 3News she is no longer employed there. Brown remains in jail on bonds totaling $66,000.
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