SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A former Wasatch County sheriff’s deputy accused of sexually assaulting female inmates has been sentenced to three years of probation, but no fines or jail time.
Christopher Stein Epperson was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge David Sam on Friday. He had pleaded guilty in August to two counts of deprivation of rights under the color of law.
Epperson had admitted that inappropriately touched two women in 2009 and 2010. The Salt Lake Tribune reports he faced up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for each count.
The newspaper says Epperson was fired from his post at the Wasatch County Jail in October 2010.
Epperson also faces a civil lawsuit in the case. A hearing on that suit is set for March 3.
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