Gwinnett Deputy Charged with Sexually Assaulting Jail Inmates

A Gwinnett County deputy is behind bars after his arrest on charges he sexually assaulted three inmates at the county jail.

Deputy Dennis Day is charged with three counts of sexual assault against a person in custody and three counts of violation of oath of office. His employment with the county has been terminated.

Day, who is listed in jail records as a Decatur resident, is being held without bond at the Gwinnett County Jail.

Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Deputy Shannon Volkodav said in a news release that Day was arrested Monday after an internal investigation indicated he had “inappropriately touched three inmates in a sexual manner” in separate incidents between July 8, 2014 and April 4, 2015.

Volkodav said Day was investigated beginning April 5 after an inmate called the jail’s Investigative Services Division Tip Line to report the alleged crimes.

Day worked for the sheriff’s office for less than a year and was a probationary employee, Volkodav said.

No other specifics of the incidents were released.

Also from the GCSO:

“It is our policy to document and investigate any allegations of employee misconduct from any source outside or inside the agency. The public has the right to expect efficient, fair and impartial law enforcement services. Therefore, any employee misconduct is thoroughly investigated and properly adjudicated. Sheriff Butch Conway has indicated that he will be following this case as it works its way through the judicial system and hopes that the penalty for this egregious behavior will be severe.”

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(Photo: Dennis Day. Gwinnett County Jail mug shot)