A Leitchfield resident who served as a Deputy Jailer at the Hardin County Detention Center has been indicted on a third-degree rape charge.
A Hardin County Grand Jury indicted 28-year-old Stephen Renfrow after he was accused of providing an inmate he was guarding at Hardin Memorial Hospital with tobacco, and engaging in sexual intercourse with the female inmate in a bathroom at the hospital.
In addition to the third-degree rape charge, Renfrow was indicted for promoting contraband and official misconduct in the July 9 incident, according to a report in the News Enterprise. He was arrested on July 28 and lodged in the LaRue County Detention Center but has since bonded out of custody. His arraignment is scheduled for November 7.
Relevant to this case, third-degree rape is described by Kentucky Revised Statute as, “Being a jailer, or an employee, contractor, vendor, or volunteer of the Department of Corrections, Department of Juvenile Justice, or a detention facility, or of an entity under contract with either department or a detention facility for the custody, supervision, evaluation, or treatment of offenders, he or she subjects a person who he or she knows is incarcerated, supervised, evaluated, or treated by the Department of Corrections, Department of Juvenile Justice, detention facility, or contracting entity, to sexual intercourse.”
Renfrow had been working at the jail for nine months.
In addition to the third-degree rape charge, which is a class D felony, punishable by one to five years in prison, Renfrow was indicted on second-degree promoting contraband and first-degree official misconduct charges, which are misdemeanors.
By Ken Howlett, News Director
Contact Ken at ken@k105.com or 270-259-6000
