Overview
- Federal prosecutors charged Scott Childers with making a false statement and violating the civil rights of individuals in custody, according to the Ray County Sheriff’s Office.
- Ray County Sheriff Gary Blackwell said the allegations are profoundly troubling and described them as a betrayal of the law enforcement oath if proven.
- Online jail records show Childers, 46, was booked in Greene County on Tuesday and released on his own recognizance by Wednesday morning.
- Reporters have sought information from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Missouri, and no public charging documents or case details have been released.
- Childers was removed from office in March 2024 and resigned in August 2024 with his law enforcement license revoked, with no confirmed link between those matters and the federal case.