HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A Reno County woman charged with unlawful sexual relations with an inmate at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility was bound over for trial by Judge Joe McCarville Thursday.
Marla Criqui is charged in the case for the alleged conduct which actually occurred some years back. According to the criminal complaint filed back in December.
She’s accused of having the sexual relations with 30-year-old inmate Breland Davis at the local prison who is serving time for a murder conviction out of Sedgwick County. Criqui was working for a food service contractor for the prison and the inmate worked under her in the kitchen of the central unit when the alleged encounters occurred.
Davis took the stand and denied there was ever anything sexual saying it was merely a working relationship. But, both apparently made statements to investigators at the prison indicating that the sexual encounters did occur.
Davis told the court that he has since been moved to the Ellsworth Correctional Facility where he is currently serving his sentence. He was moved shortly after it was learned that the encounter had occurred.
The state alleges the crime occurred between June 11, 2012 and June 15, 2012. The charge is a level five person felony with a maximum sentence of over 11 years in prison.
With Criqui being bound over for trial, she’ll be arraigned on the charges on July 6.