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Sex with Former Jail Employee Lands Texas Sex Offender Back in Prison
Loaded on Jan. 15, 2010
published in Prison Legal News
January, 2010, page 23
On February 27, 2009, three days after his release from prison, Wydell J. Vaughn, 28, found himself back behind bars for having a romantic relationship with a former jail employee.
Filed under:
Classification,
Work Release,
Guard Misconduct,
Sex Offenders (Discrimination),
Parole Conditions.
Location:
Texas.
Vaughn was convicted in 2002 on two second-degree felony sex charges for having sex with underage girls. While incarcerated at ...
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