GEN-Indiana Sherrif Agrees To Resign After 2nd Rape Arrest

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Indiana Sheriff Agrees to Resign After Second Rape Arrest

The Associated Press Published: Jun 19, 2001

PETERSBURG, Ind. (AP) - Pike County Sheriff Jeff Clements has agreed to resign to avoid being imprisoned while he awaits trial on five charges of rape and sexual battery. Clements, 44, said he would resign by Wednesday. He is to be placed under house arrest and wear an electronic monitoring device under a deal worked out with a special prosecutor.

Burley Scales, Clements' attorney, called the charges against his client baseless and said the case boiled down to "he said and she said."

Asked why Clements resigned, Scales responded, "Why fight it?"

Elected sheriff of the southwestern Indiana county in 1994, Clements has been on leave and vacation since the allegations surfaced in April.

If convicted on all five charges, Clements faces up to 49 years in prison and $60,000 in fines.

AP-ES-06-19-01 0721EDT

-- Anonymous, June 19, 2001


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