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Trial for ex-Harrison County deputy accused of sexual assault moved to April 20

Roger Valentine is accused of following a female inmate into a gas station restroom in Navarro County and sexually assaulting her during transport.
Credit: Harrison County judicial records

HARRISON COUNTY, Texas — The jury trial of a former Harrison County deputy has been set for April 20 in Corsicana.

Roger Valentine is accused of following a female inmate into a gas station restroom in Navarro County and sexually assaulting her while he was transporting her from a state jail facility in Gatesville to the Harrison County Jail on March 22 last year.

He later resigned as a deputy. He’s out of jail on a $200,000 bond.

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