(AP) A Charleston police transportation officer has been arrested after a woman said he fondled her while she was being taken to jail.
Forty-three-year-old Kermit A. Jenkins has been charged with second-degree sexual misconduct. Jenkins is being held in the Charleston County jail. It was not clear if he has a lawyer.
Police spokesman Charles Francis says Jenkins is accused of reaching under a woman's skirt early on May 4. The woman filed a complaint the next day.
Francis says Jenkins had been with the department since 2012. He was not a sworn police officer.
Jenkins was placed on administrative duties with pay May 5. Francis says Jenkins' pay was stopped May 14, and he was fired after his arrest.