DeKalb County sheriff’s deputy, school resource officer facing rape charge

DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (WPTA) – Probable cause documents filed on Friday show a DeKalb County sheriff’s deputy is facing a rape charge after an alleged assault in September 2024.

According to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office website, 29-year-old Zachary Kerley is listed as a sheriff’s deputy and a school resource officer at Garrett-Keyser Butler Schools. He served the department for five years.

A probable cause affidavit written by Indiana State Police Officer Andrew Mills says Whitley County Prosecutor D.J. Sigler was appointed as the special prosecutor in the case. Documents say he immediately requested the matter be reassigned from the Steuben County Sheriff’s Department to the Indiana State Police…

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