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Detention officer faces sex charges
Accused of kidnapping, improperly touching 16-year-old detainee

Emily Bittner The Arizona Republic Aug. 4, 2005 06:58 PM

A 40-year-old detention officer with the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been arrested on charges of kidnapping and sexual assault involving a 16-year-old detainee.

Kevin Richard Carlisle, who has worked for the agency for 15 years, is on paid administrative leave.

A 16-year-old Guatemalan girl, who entered the United States illegally, told Phoenix police officers that Carlisle detained her on July 14 outside a home in the 4200 block of North Ninth Street, said Sgt. Lauri Williams, a spokeswoman for the Phoenix Police Department.

Carlisle went to the house looking for another fugitive, Williams said. The girl told police that Carlisle handcuffed her and put her in the back seat of a vehicle, where he touched her inappropriately, according to Maricopa County Superior Court documents.

He then took the girl to the immigration and customs facility in the 2000 block of North Central Avenue. Carlisle escorted the girl to an isolated room, where a video camera captured him touching her inappropriately, the document stated.

Carlisle told detectives that he put his fingers along her waistband to search her, but he denied sexually assaulting the girl.

Carlisle was arrested on July 29. He was released on $15,000 bond.

Russell Ahr, a spokesman for the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said the agency takes the allegations seriously and is cooperating with Phoenix police. He declined to describe routine detainee search procedures because of the ongoing investigation.

The accusations against Carlisle don't follow other law enforcement agencies' search procedures, Williams said.

"It certainly wouldn't fall into any policy of any law enforcement agency I know," Williams said. "Strip searches have to be done by the same sex. Any invasive searches have to be done by medical doctors."