Tuesday, April 20, 1999
Two guards face charges of misconduct; another fired
BY SHEILA McLAUGHLIN
The Cincinnati Enquirer
LEBANON — The controversy about how the Warren County Juvenile Detention Center operates erupted in January when three guards came under investigation for alleged sexual improprieties involving teen-age female inmates.
Two have been charged with crimes. A third was fired last week after authorities revived the investigation.
Timothy Million Jr., 30, of Middletown was indicted March 8 on three felony counts each of sexual battery and corruption of a minor for allegedly having sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old female inmate at the facility in September and October 1998.
He also faces six misdemeanor counts of contributing to the unruliness or delinquency of a child for allegedly making lewd comments to other girls and ordering a 16-year-old inmate to expose herself to him. Those incidents allegedly happened between August 1998 and early 1999.
Mr. Million has denied the charges. His trial is to start June 28 in Warren County Common Pleas Court.
Charles “Eddie” Heiber, 28, of Hamilton was charged Feb. 26 with two counts of public indecency and three counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. He is accused of exposing himself to two female inmates in juvenile detention on Christmas 1998.
Mr. Heiber has pleaded not guilty to the misdemeanor charges. His trial is to start May 12 in Lebanon Municipal Court.
Jay Hurd of Hamilton was fired April 12 for allegedly touching the buttocks and breasts of a teen-age female inmate on Dec. 23 or Dec. 24, 1998.
He was suspended during the initial investigation in January but was allowed to return to the job after prosecutors said the allegations were unsubstantiated.
Authorities revived the investigation after deciding they did not ask the girl specific enough questions during an initial interview in January. Last month, a sheriff's detective reinterviewed her and Mr. Hurd and gave both voice stress analysis, which is similar to a lie detector test.
Assistant county prosecutor Mike Powell said Mr. Hurd likely will not face criminal charges because there is not enough evidence to prosecute a case.
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