The Paducah Sun reports that former McCracken County deputy jailer Ben Green was indicted Friday on 16 counts of official misconduct. Green was first charged in connection with a February 2017 decision to move several inmates from protective custody to general population cells, resulting in altercations between inmates.
In October, a judge dismissed the criminal case without prejudice against Green, based on Jailer Tonya Ray's assertion that the jail didn't have a written policy on inmate classifications. But a Kentucky State Police investigation revealed that the rules were actually in place, and Ray was charged with perjury in December.
