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Kanawha deputy indicted for sexually assaulting a shackled inmate in his courthouse office
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Kanawha County Sheriff Joseph H. Crawford. Ask the sheriff what supervision, camera and two-officer rules now govern bailiffs escorting inmates at the Judicial Annex, and whether earlier complaints about Close were received before July 2025.