cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/4027219

Former Alabama deputy sheriff with the Dallas County Sheriff’s office was sentenced Friday to 12 and half years in prison for sexually assaulting a woman in his custody.

Joshua Davidson, 33, committed the crime while on duty as Dallas County deputy sheriff on Jan. 30, 2020. According to a statement from the Department of Justice, Davidson put the victim in his custody and then drove to a dark desolate location where the victim was forced to perform oral sex on him. The victim reported the assault immediately and said she feared Davidson would shoot her if she did not cooperate.