CLINTON, N.J. - Officials announced Wednesday the arrest of a correctional police officer on charges that he sexually assaulted an inmate at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women.
Senior Correctional Police Officer Tyrell Harris-McLaughlin, 28, was arrested on sexual assault and official misconduct charges.
The charges were filed during an investigation by the Attorney General's Office of Public Integrity and Accountability and the Hunterdon County Prosecutor's Office.
The investigation was conducted with the help of the New Jersey Department of Corrections Special Investigations Division. A complaint-warrant filed Wednesday against Harris-McLaughlin alleges that on Sept.