Sheriff Johnny Philpot, who was on the scene Tuesday, confirmed that the search warrant pertained to the recent allegations of sexual misconduct.
"We're continuing our investigation," Philpot said.
He estimated that the investigation would be concluded by the end of the week. He said it may take several weeks to get results on testing that was done. He did not elaborate on what type of testing was conducted or what was tested.
"It's part of the investigation," he said. "We go where the leads take us."
Philpot pointed out that they are trying to achieve one of two objectives - find if there was wrongdoing or if there wasn't wrongdoing.
"It's necessary to do what we're doing," Philpot said.
The investigation by Philpot's office started earlier this month after an inmate at the Sequoyah County Jail in Sallisaw, who was at one time housed at the Roland jail, claimed that Roland employees and another female inmate had inappropriate sexual contact.
At the start of the investigation, Philpot emphasized that all the sheriff's office had were allegations that had not been substantiated.
Philpot said earlier this month that he first contacted Roland Police Chief Tommy Sessums about the allegations, and Sessums' office conducted a preliminary investigation. Sessums then requested that Philpot's office investigate.
Philpot said those accused are city employees, whose identities have not been released.
A return of the sheriff's search warrant had not been filed in the Sequoyah County Court Clerk's office as of Wednesday morning. A court clerk employee explained that law enforcement officials have up to 10 days after the execution of any search warrant to file the results of a search.
