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Iowa Jailer Accused Of Sexual Misconduct With Inmate Will Go To Trial This Month: Report

The Tama County jailer allegedly had sex with an inmate in a utility closet and the recreation yard, according to The Gazette.

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A jailer in Tama County will go to trial for charges of sexual misconduct with an offender, The Gazette reported.
A jailer in Tama County will go to trial for charges of sexual misconduct with an offender, The Gazette reported. (Renee Schiavone/Patch)

TAMA COUNTY, IA — A jailer is set to go to trial later this month after she was accused of having sex with an inmate in 2020 and 2021, according to The Gazette.

Kayla Mae Bergom faces charges of sexual misconduct with an offender, a misdemeanor, after she allegedly had sex with a 29-year-old Tama County inmate in a utility closet and recreation yard, The Gazette reported.

Bergom, 27, of Belle Plaine, has resigned, pleaded not guilty, and will go to trial Aug. 12, according to The Gazette.

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