Judge Questions Major Financial Moves by Former FCI Dublin Guard Charged With Abuse | KQED

"The investigation into whether Smith misled the court about his financial situation under oath comes as a jury enters its second week deliberating his fate in a retrial on charges of sexual abuse against four women under his care as a prison guard at FCI Dublin. He has maintained his innocence throughout the proceedings. He's the last of 10 former employees at the shuttered East Bay prison who have been charged with sexual misconduct there in connection to a yearslong FBI investigation."

"She told the court that his previous demotion from a correctional officer to guard at Dublin put a financial strain on their family, which appeared to be an effort to explain why he began picking up better-compensated overnight shifts. Those shifts meant he would work alone in the housing units in which he's alleged to have assaulted women. Her testimony, however, also inadvertently opened the door to the couple's finances."

"U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers demanded Tuesday's hearing on Smith's finances after prosecutors showed documents indicating that Smith and his wife have transferred numerous properties and vehicles out of his name and into hers since 2023. She said last week that the evidence showed discrepancies with the financial affidavit he signed. "It is deeply concerning," Gonzalez Rogers said Tuesday."

A jury is in its second week deliberating Smith's retrial on charges of sexual abuse against four women under his care at FCI Dublin. Smith has maintained his innocence. He is the last of 10 former employees charged in a yearslong FBI probe into misconduct at the shuttered East Bay prison; nine others were convicted. His retrial largely mirrored a previous mistrial caused by a hung jury on 15 counts. His wife testified that his demotion strained family finances and led him to take higher-paying overnight shifts. Prosecutors produced financial records and property transfers suggesting discrepancies with his financial affidavit, prompting a judge-ordered hearing.

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