Current Ray County Sheriff Gary Blackwell posted on social media Wednesday that former Ray County Sheriff Scott Childers has been indicted by federal prosecutors.

Blackwell says that Childers was indicted for making a false statement and violating the civil rights of individuals in custody.

KSHB 41 News has reached out to the United States District Attorneys Office, District of Western Missouri, to learn more about the indictment.

Online jail records reveal that Childers, 46, was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon in Greene County, Missouri. The same records reveal that Childers had been released on his own recognizance by Wednesday morning.

This news is profoundly troubling and casts a shadow over the integrity of law enforcement, Blackwell said in a Facebook post Wednesday afternoo

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