ALABAMA
A former deputy sheriff with the Dallas County, Alabama, Sheriff’s Office was charged in an indictment for sexually assaulting and kidnapping a woman while he was on duty and for misleading state investigators, officials stated.
According to the indictment, on Jan. 30, 2020, Joshua Davidson, 32, while on duty as a Dallas County Deputy Sheriff, kidnapped and sexually assaulted a woman in his custody.
Davidson is also charged with making a misleading statement to investigators regarding his conduct related to the sexual assault and kidnapping, the indictment alleges.
If convicted, Davidson faces up to life in prison. Davidson is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
The FBI Mobile Field Office investigated the case.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Arrington for the Southern District of Alabama and Trial Attorneys Maura White and MarLa Duncan of the Criminal Section of the Civil Rights Division are prosecuting the case.