Prison guard charged with sex with inmate in Warren County

A guard at Warren County Correctional Institution is charged with sexual battery in connection with alleged sexual conduct with an inmate on Sept. 15 at the prison outside of Lebanon.

A guard at Warren County Correctional Institution is charged with sexual battery in connection with alleged sexual conduct with an inmate on Sept. 15 at the prison outside of Lebanon.
Crime & Law
By Lawrence Budd
Dec 16, 2019
X

A guard at Warren County Correctional Institution is charged with sexual battery in connection with alleged sexual conduct with an inmate on Sept. 15 at the prison outside of Lebanon.

Ari D. Combs, 30, of Trenton, is scheduled for arraignment on a sexual battery charge, a third-degree felony, at 8:30 a.m. Jan. 3 in Warren County Common Pleas Court, according to a list of indictments released on Monday by the Warren County Prosecutor’s Office.

MORE: Prison employee acquitted of having sex with inmate

Combs was placed on “non-contact post” on Nov. 1 and on leave Monday, according to JoEllen Smith, spokesperson for the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.

The non-contact post consisted of perimeter patrol, having no contact with the incarcerated population, Smith added.

The case against Combs was filed on Monday and assigned to Judge Robert Peeler, according to court records.

No other information was immediately available on the case.

In Other News
1
Cincinnati man gets prison in Warren County OVI crash that killed...
2
Hit-and-run driver who strikes, kills Xenia man gets 4 years in prison
3
Police: Man in Miamisburg pursuit kicks in apartment door, threatens...
4
Last of 4 charged in case of Beavercreek girl beaten bloody with belt...
5
18-year-old charged in shooting near downtown Dayton RTA hub

About the Author

Follow Lawrence Budd on twitter

Lawrence Budd is a staff writer who covers Warren County for the Dayton Daily News. He has been with the newspaper for more than 20 years.