Former Ray County Sheriff Scott Childers, whose tenure was dogged by a maelstrom of misconduct allegations that led to his resignation, appeared in federal court in downtown Kansas City on civil rights violation charges on Wednesday.
Childers, who served as sheriff from 2021 until 2024, faces five counts of depriving civil rights and one count of destroying, altering or falsifying records in a federal investigation, according to court documents.
Childers made his first court appearance Wednesday afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge David P. Rush, where Childers waived a formal reading of the indictment and entered a plea of not guilty. Childers’ next court appearance is set for 9:30 a.m. Dec. 9…