POMPANO BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - A Florida Department of Juvenile Justice contractor has been arrested and charged after alleged misconduct with an inmate.
Thirty-two-year-old Jess Delgardo stood before a judge after being charged with sexual battery by a person in position of authority and sexual misconduct with an inmate.
According to authorities, Delgardo battered an inmate at the Pompano Youth Academy, the facility Delgardo was working at as a contracted provider from Rite of Passage in Pompano Beach.
Delgardo was taken into custody by Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies, Sunday.
He has since been fired.
The judge set Delgardo’s bond at $30,000.
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