KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) _ A southern Missouri sheriff and a subordinate have been
indicted on multiple felonies following a year in which more than 40 employees
were fired or quit.
The indictment returned Wednesday charges Texas County Sheriff James Sigman and
Lt. Deputy Jennifer Tomaszewski with assault, robbery, child endangerment,
unlawful use of a weapon, harassment and two misdemeanors. Special prosecutor
Don Trotter said Thursday the assault charge stems from allegations a
mentally disabled man was attacked in the jail.
Sigman was elected in 2012 and remains in office, although the coroner is
leading the department while Sigman is jailed in Greene County. His bond is set
at $500,000 bond. No attorney is listed for him in online court records.
Trotter says Tomaszewski has been released on bond. Her phone rang unanswered.
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