Corrections officer charged with assault

Updated: Monday, 19 Oct 2009, 6:05 AM CDT
Published : Monday, 19 Oct 2009, 6:05 AM CDT

RACINE, Wis. - A sergeant at two state correctional facilities in Racine County is charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl.

Police say 29-year-old Aaron Pope befriended the girl and lured her into a sexual relationship beginning late last year and ending this past summer.

Pope is a sergeant at the Racine Correctional Institution and the Sturtevant Transitional Facility.

He's currently in the Walworth County Jail.