Former Taylor County Corrections Officer Facing Charges of Sexual Assault Appears in Taylor County Court
Thursday, May 21st, 2020 -- 9:45 AM
-A former corrections officer with the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office appeared in Taylor County Court for sexual assault by a corrections officer on Wednesday.According to court records, a corrections officer emailed then-Taylor County Chief Deputy Larry Woebbeking in September of 2018 saying that several officers had noticed Bailee Cheever having extended visits with an inmate. Woebbeking then asked the Marathon County Sheriff's Office to investigate. Cheever told detectives that she had sexual contact and sexual intercourse with an inmate in the jail's med room while on duty. She also told detectives she sent numerous text messages to the inmate and would hold lengthy conversations over the intercom system while at work, totaling more than three hours during the course of four days. Detectives learned the text messaging happened outside of Cheever's work hours, as inmates at the jail have texting capability.
Cheever told detectives the inmate was "very charismatic" and that things got "carried away." Detectives state the conduct happened over a month's time between August and September of 2018. During her court appearance on Wednesday, she waived her preliminary hearing and entered a not guilty plea to the charges against her. She’s scheduled to be back in court next week.
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