By Maunette Loeks
Scottsbluff Star-Herald
SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. — A Scotts Bluff County District Court jury acquitted a former Scotts Bluff County Corrections officer on a charge alleging he had “been intimate” with a female jail inmate.
Scottsbluff attorney Andrew Snyder represented Christopher Schlosser, 55, formerly of Scottsbluff, during trial proceedings before Judge Leo Dobrovolny on Monday, Oct. 26 , and Tuesday, Oct. 27 . The Nebraska Attorney General’s Office was represented by deputy attorneys general Paul Schaub and Jared Brown. The jury deliberated for just over an hour before returning a not-guilty verdict. The verdict was unanimous.
Nebraska State Patrol investigators arrested Schlosser on Thursday, Jan. 22, on a warrant charging him in Scotts Bluff County Court with sexual abuse of an inmate, a Class IIIA felony. According to court documents, the Nebraska State Patrol began an investigation in October 2025 after receiving a report of Schlosser having a sexual relationship with an inmate. The investigation included allegations that Schlosser had gone into the restroom of a laundry room at the detention center twice with a 25-year-old female inmate. The inmate allegedly admitted in two interviews that she and Schlosser had been intimate in both instances, which were alleged to have occurred on the same day.
Schlosser had been a corrections department sergeant at the time of the alleged incidents before resigning. He admitted he had kissed the woman prior to her incarceration and after she had been incarcerated, but only after he had resigned from his position, according to an affidavit. He denied having been involved with the woman while she was incarcerated, only admitting to having given her a hug. Schlosser had been on administrative leave during the investigation.
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