Indiana officer charged
with coaxing female inmates into stripping, performing sex show
MARTINSVILLE,
Ind. – A central Indiana officer has been charged with coaxing female
inmates into stripping for him in return for favors.
Morgan
County officer Nicholas Tankersley, 21, of Martinsville, was formally charged
Thursday with sexual battery, official misconduct, theft and battery. The
Reporter-Times reported (http://www.reporter-times.com/ ) Tankersley has been
fired.
The
Associated Press' phone call to the jail went unanswered Saturday. Tankersley's
number was unlisted.
About
a dozen women claimed, according to a probable cause affidavit, Tankersley told
them he would provide them with extra sheets, oranges, ink pens or other items
— in violation of jail rules — if they exposed their breasts or stripped in
front of him.
Two
female inmates told investigators that Tankersley had them perform a sex show
for him, the affidavit said. Another female inmate said Tankersley touched her
breast while she lay on her bunk.
Tankersley
asked for a public defender at a hearing Thursday, but it was not clear if one
had been appointed.
Morgan
County Sheriff's Department Detective Sgt. Larry Sanders said in the affidavit
that Tankersley admitted to most of the acts, which allegedly occurred between
Nov. 15 and Jan. 11 during the midnight to 8 a.m. shift.
Tankersley
also reportedly told police he has friended some former female inmates on
Facebook, but his wife has asked him to unfriend them.