Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!A female prison officer has been sacked after allegedly having a secret sex romp with an inmate.47-year-old Karen Payton, who worked at Mecklenburg County Detention Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, was fired on Tuesday after warrants were issued for her arrest.
Payton, also known as Karen Goldberg, was then arrested on three felony counts of engaging in a sex act with an inmate and a misdemeanour count of providing tobacco to an inmate.Both charges are alleged to relate to the same inmate.
Her bond was set at $2,000 (£1,470) and jail records indicate that she is no longer locked up. Sheriff Garry McFadden said in a statement: "There is no place for this type of conduct or behaviour.
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