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Prison Worker Charged With Sexual Battery

A state prison worker is scheduled to appear in court today to face charges of trading food for sex with inmates. Robert Picklesimer is charged with sexual battery. Richland County prosecutors say Picklesimer allowed two inmates to take food from the Mansfield Correctional Institution's kitchen to eat in their cells in exchange for sexual acts.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.