MADISON COUNTY, N.C. (WSPA) — A former chief deputy with the Madison County Sheriff’s Office is accused of pointing a gun at detention center employees, giving an inmate an AR-15-style rifle, and forcing that inmate to perform labor at his home, newly unsealed indictment documents revealed.
According to county records, Bronis Coy Phillips, 42, who previously served as second-in-command at the sheriff’s office, remains jailed on a $1.5 million bond.
The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation said Phillips was arrested June 14 in Maricopa County, Arizona, on charges stemming from allegations involving detention center employees and an inmate…