Post by Logan on Dec 5, 2016 17:04:40 GMT -6
LITTLE ROCK—A former county sheriff convicted of a civil rights violation while he was in office wants an end to a requirement that he register as a sex offender.
Former Independence County Sheriff Ron Webb of Newark was convicted in 1999 on a misdemeanor count of violating a woman's civil rights by sexually assaulting her. He was sentenced to a year in prison and ordered to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.
The county also paid $75,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the woman.
Webb's motion in federal court to end the reporting was rejected with a suggestion that he apply to state court in the county where he lives. Webb told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette that will be his next step.
Read more: www.texarkanagazette.com/news/arkansas/story/2016/nov/28/ex-arkansas-sheriff-seeks-end-registering-sex-offender/650785/
Former Independence County Sheriff Ron Webb of Newark was convicted in 1999 on a misdemeanor count of violating a woman's civil rights by sexually assaulting her. He was sentenced to a year in prison and ordered to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.
The county also paid $75,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the woman.
Webb's motion in federal court to end the reporting was rejected with a suggestion that he apply to state court in the county where he lives. Webb told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette that will be his next step.
Read more: www.texarkanagazette.com/news/arkansas/story/2016/nov/28/ex-arkansas-sheriff-seeks-end-registering-sex-offender/650785/