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Souderton Man, a Bucks Corrections Officer, Charged With Sexually Assaulting Inmate: Police

Brendan A. Triplett, 31, has been an officer at Bucks County prison since 2006.

A Souderton man who works as a Bucks County prison corrections officer, has been arrested and charted with sexually assaulting a female prisoner, according to The Bucks County Courier Times.
Brendan A. Triplett, 31, is charged with felony institutional sexual assault and two misdemeanor counts of intimidation of a witness, per court records.
A female inmate allegedly witnessed Triplett and another female inmate make movements that were consistent with Triplett allegedly touching her private parts, per an affidavit. The alleged incident occurred in the Women's Community Control Center office, per reports.
The alleged victim and the witness told detectives that Triplett allegedly told them not to tell anyone what they had experienced or seen, per reports.
Triplett has been an officer with the prison since 2006, making a little more than $72,000 a year.
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