Alabama Sheriff’s Investigator Arrested on Sex Abuse Charge Had Been Investigated Before on Similar Claim


MADISON COUNTY, Ala. – Through sources and records requests, we have learned that the arrest of Madison County Sheriff’s Office Investigator Roland Campos for the alleged sexual abuse might not have been as shocking to his employer as originally implied.

In August, we confirmed that police had arrested and charged Campos through sources. His mugshot did not appear on the jail’s public website when he was initially arrested, like anyone else arrested in Madison County. Every step of the way we’ve had to take action and press the issue to learn who knew what and when.

The sheriff’s office held a press conference on August 21st, three days after the arrest, saying they acted quickly. Sheriff’s Spokesperson Lt. Brian Chaffin said the office worked with both Huntsville Police and the National Children’s Advocacy Center.

Of course, this wasn’t the first time the sheriff’s office had handled a child sex abuse complaint.
In fact, we’ve now learned it wasn’t the first time the sheriff’s office had handled a child sex complaint against Campos himself.

After we had collected the information through three sources, Lt. Chaffin finally confirmed to us last week, months after the arrest, that in 2008, the sheriff`s office requested that Campos be investigated by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA). The three sources we spoke with told us the allegations were similar to those he is facing now.

In that earlier investigation, ALEA determined the claims were unfounded and no charges were filed.

We filed an open records request to review the files, but the  Madison County Sheriff`s Office and the county attorney said they either don`t have or don`t have to share any records related to a previous investigation.
But they did have to share his personnel file.

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