A Lee Arrendale State Prison (LASP) lieutenant has been charged with sexual assault and violation of oath of office by the Georgia Department of Corrections. Both charges are felonies.
According to a press release from Habersham County Public Information Officer Rob Moore, Russell Edwin Clark of Alto was arrested on Wednesday, May 1, and booked into the Habersham County Detention Center early Thursday.
Clark is accused of improperly touching and kissing a female inmate over whom he had disciplinary authority and willfully and knowingly violating his oath of office. The incident allegedly occurred in the stairwell of the main dormitories.
Clark bonded out of the Habersham County Detention Center on Thursday, May 2, on a $5,600 bond.
