Charlotte, North Carolina: Transgender woman says Meck Co. deputy attacked, sexually assaulted her

Mecklenburg County deputy & jail detention officer Kyle Garrett Harris​

‘Traumatizing’: Transgender woman says Meck County deputy attacked, sexually assaulted her

12 November 2021

A woman who is transgender was arrested and put in jail, only to then be attacked. She said the person who attacked her and sexually assaulted her was a Mecklenburg County deputy. That deputy was later fired and charged. While we don’t usually identify sexual assault survivors, this woman wanted to share her story publicly for the first time with Channel 9′s Glenn Counts. Heaven’s fight to live life as a trans woman goes as far back as middle school. “I actually started to go to school with makeup and I remember one of my teachers telling me that I ...

Statement from Sheriff Gary McFadden:

The Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office has a zero-tolerance policy for all forms of sexual abuse and or sexual harassment within MCSO’s detention facilities. It was MCSO that acted immediately and notified the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) in accordance with the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) standards once we were aware of the allegation against our employee. We cooperated fully during their investigation. Officer Kyle Harris was immediately placed on paid administrative leave and the internal investigation by the MCSO Office of Professional Compliance was halted so that it did not impede or compromise the criminal investigation which resulted in criminal charges against Harris. Sexual conduct between persons in custody and staff, volunteers, or contract personnel, regardless of consensual status, is prohibited and subject to the appropriate personnel action to include termination and criminal prosecution. We encourage residents to report all allegations of sexual abuse and or sexual harassment and take all reported claims seriously. In reviewing all grievances made by Resident Haleem Gilliland, we found no such grievances prior to the allegations made against Harris. The Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office is unable to comment any further at this time.​

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