Roland's former town administrator was recently charged with multiple counts of rape and sodomy relating to an alleged sexual relationship with a female inmate formerly housed in the town's jail.

Charles E. Day, 55, of Roland was charged April 10 with one count of rape by instrumentation, two counts of second-degree rape, and two counts of sodomy relating to the relationship, according to court records.

Day was booked into the Sequoyah County Jail in Sallisaw at 11:18 a.m. April 10. He was released on a $10,000 bond at 11:34 a.m. on the same day, a jail employee said.

Day was suspended without pay as town administrator on Sept. 28. While the council would not give a reason for Day's suspension, Day was named as a suspect in a sheriff's office investigation.

According to the charge against him, Sequoyah County Sheriff's Deputy Roger Fuller wrote in his report that the sheriff's office was requested by Roland Police Chief Tommy Sessums on Aug. 2 to investigate allegations of a town employee having sex with a female inmate. On Aug. 8, Fuller met with Day, who allegedly told him that he had "acted somewhat inappropriately" as he had taken an inmate across the state line into Van Buren, Ark., to Wal-Mart. He denied any other type of inappropriate behavior, Fuller reported.

Fuller interviewed the female inmate on Aug. 13. The woman told Fuller that she had been taken to the Roland Jail on June 6 to work cleaning cells and the dispatch office. The woman said she then met Day, and the two began flirting with each other with eye winking. The woman told police that at the end of June she asked Day if she could use the building behind the police department as a women's day room, to which Day allegedly gave her permission to do so. Shortly after the conversation, she began cleaning the building.

According to the charges, the woman described multiple occasions that she allegedly had sexual contact with Day in his office and other locations, the first occasion was allegedly on June 27 at Day's office in the Waylon Jones Complex. The woman told police that she and Day had a conversation about some pictures of her buttocks that the woman had on her cellular phone. The woman told police that Day allegedly told her what needed to be cleaned at the complex and then gave her a digital camera and told her he wanted her to take photos of herself for him.

The woman allegedly took photos of different parts of her body and then called Day from her cell phone, which she had been allowed to keep while in the facility, and returned the camera to Day. She alleged that Day later gave her a photo of his genitals.

The woman described other occasions in June and July in which she and Day allegedly had sexual contact, including intercourse. On July 11, the woman said Day advised her that she was being sent back to the county jail. The woman told Fuller that she began to cry and Day allegedly grabbed her hand and told her everything would be OK. At about 1 p.m. Day drove her back to the county jail and as they pulled up, Day allegedly kissed her and asked her if the two were over. She allegedly told Day she did not know.

A week later, on July 18, Day returned to the county jail and transported the woman back to the Roland facility. She then met Day in his office and the two allegedly engaged in oral sex. The two also engaged in other sex acts in July, she alleged.

The woman allegedly told police that she continued to have sexual relations with Day because she was afraid if she didn't she would be sent back to the Sequoyah County Jail in Sallisaw.

The alleged victim said she also knew she would not continue to get the extra benefits, such as the use of her cell phone and Day buying her cigarettes while she was incarcerated.

Sequoyah County prosecutors did not return phone calls to Your TIMES about the charges filed against Day.