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Corrections officer charged for allegedly texting former inmate

Detectives allegedly found at least three messages sent to the woman, two that said “I love u”

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PORT ORCHARD, Wash. — A Kitsap County corrections officer sent multiple text messages to a former female inmate of the Kitsap County Jail, some impersonating her dead mother, the Kitsap Sun reported.

Brett E. Hamilton, 39, is on administrative leave pending the results of an internal investigation.

The Sun reported that a lieutenant at the Kitsap County Jail told Port Orchard police detectives that Hamilton had texted a former Kitsap County Jail inmate. Detectives allegedly found at least three messages sent to the woman, two that said “I love u,” and a third that also professed love from the victim’s dead mother, saying “im here for u even in death see u soon.”

The woman was frightened and tormented by the messages, police reports said.

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