Sheriff's Office Detectives arrest Woman for Violation of Civil rights (person in custody)
El Paso County Sheriff's Office
3850 Justice Dr. El Paso, Texas 79938
NEWS RELEASE
Contact: Deputy Jesse Tovar / Public Information Officer
(915) 538-2223
Pager: (915) 533-0733 (#5370)
Release Date & Time: Thursday, May 29, 2008 3:30 PM
WHO: El Paso County Sheriff's Office (Criminal Investigation Division- Sex Crimes)
WHAT: Sheriff's Office Detectives arrest woman for Violation of Civil Rights (Person in Custody)
WHERE: 3801 Mattox El Paso, Texas - West Texas Community Corrections Department Community Intervention Center
WHEN: October 2007
WHY: Arrest made
Information:
Earlier this week, Sheriff Office -Sex Crime Detectives arrested a 43 year-old woman for Violation of civil rights (person in custody).
Apparently the female who was identified as Zina Wagner (43) of the 3500 block of Dragon Crest El Paso, TX -was having sexual relations with an individual in custody while employed as a counselor at the West Texas Community Corrections Department Community Intervention Center located at 3801 Mattox, El Paso, TX.
Reports indicate these incidents took place on or about the 9th thru the 27th day of October 2007.
According to the Texas Penal Code:
§ 39.04. VIOLATIONS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF PERSON IN CUSTODY; IMPROPER SEXUAL ACTIVITY WITH PERSON IN CUSTODY. (a) An official of a correctional facility, an employee of a correctional facility, a person other than an employee who works for compensation at a correctional facility, a volunteer at a correctional facility, or a peace officer commits an offense if the person intentionally: (1) denies or impedes a person in custody in the exercise or enjoyment of any right, privilege, or immunity knowing his conduct is unlawful; or (2) engages in sexual contact, sexual intercourse, or deviate sexual intercourse with an individual in custody.
An offense under Subsection (a)(2) is a state jail felony.
Wagner was booked into the El Paso County Detention Facility and is currently out on Bond.
Zina Wagner (43)
Charge: Violations of the civil rights of person in custody; improper sexual activity with person in custody- $500 Bond