Corrections security investigators received a complaint of possible criminal sexual conduct involving a Deputy Sheriff working at the Rapides Parish Detention Center 1 downtown on Jan. 21.
According to the initial report, Corrections supervisors received an anonymous complaint of inappropriate sexual contact between an inmate and a deputy. The deputy was identified as Samauria Norris, 23, of Alexandria. Norris was immediately placed on suspension pending further investigation.
From the investigation, sufficient probable cause was established that supported the initial allegations. Warrants for Norris’s arrest were obtained and on Jan. 23, Norris turned herself in to Corrections Security Investigators where she was placed under arrest and booked into the Rapides Parish Detention Center for two counts malfeasance in office, sexual conduct.
Norris was released on a $2,000.00 bond and was terminated upon arrest. Norris had been a deputy with RPSO since October of 2024.
All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law or administrative action.