![]() When Smith was confronted with photographs of the explicit text messages coming from his personal cell phone number, Smith continued to lie to the agents claiming that he had not sent them. Smith also lied to federal agents about sending text messages to a former female inmate in which he requested the former inmate send him nude pictures of herself in return for Smith’s help in dismissing or reducing the outstanding criminal charges against her. The victims, trusting a law enforcement officer to protect them and believing it to be necessary, acquiesced to Smith’s authority. Smith, abusing his power and position, lied to the victims and claimed these photographs were necessary for the police investigation and prosecution, when in fact they were not for legitimate law enforcement purposes, but for his own purposes. ![]() ![]() During interviews, Smith told the victims that he needed to take photographs of their exposed bodies to document injuries, including intimate areas of their bodies where no injury had occurred. While working as a deputy sheriff, Smith was assigned to investigate two domestic violence complaints. Smith also pleaded guilty to making material false statements to federal investigators. On June 21, 2011, Smith pleaded guilty in federal court to violating the civil rights of two women for photographing parts of their unclothed bodies under the false pretense that those photographs were necessary for an official investigation. Campbell to 24 months in prison for civil rights and false statement charges, the Justice Department announced today. Smith, 43, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. WASHINGTON – Former Hickman County Deputy Sheriff Kenneth H.
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