39-year-old Samuel Sparks of Mountain Home was arrested Thursday for felony sexual assault involving a female inmate at the detention center. Sparks allegedly admitted to having conducted what he categorized as breast examinations of female inmates at their request, however, he asserted that these examinations, which took place in the nurse’s office without anyone else being present, were undertaken as part of his duties as a jail nurse. He denied that any other acts took place. A check of official Detention Center records indicated that Sparks, in his capacity as a nurse, did not make any notations in the medical charts of these inmates nor did he prepare any documentation related to these examinations he performed. There were no records of any kind on file indicating that these examinations had been requested by inmates or had been conducted by Sparks. One inmate, however, did verbally tell Investigators during the interview process that she had in fact requested a breast examination from Sparks in his capacity as a nurse.
Samuel Sparks surrendered himself at the jail Thursday afternoon and was booked on the charges. He was released from custody after posting the $5,000 bond
Although charges have been filed, the investigation is still open and continuing.
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