LAFAYETTE — Emily Dawn Dodson's days as a work release employee ended after reports in July that she was having sex with one of the participants, according to police reports.

Prosecutors charged Dodson, 26, on Sept. 30 with sexual misconduct with a subject in lawful detention. Tippecanoe County sheriff's deputies arrested Dodson Wednesday morning at the jail.

Dodson gave her telephone number to several community corrections participants, according to the prosecutor's probable cause affidavit.

She and work release participant Travis Demarais began talking every day in early July, according to the affidavit.

On days when she wasn't working, Dodson picked up Demarais at his work, and the two had sex in her car, according to the affidavit.

Community Corrections terminated Dodson on July 10, according to the affidavit.

"We were made aware of the inappropriate relationship and took immediate steps to make sure it was investigated," Community Corrections Executive Director Jason Huber said.

The sheriff's office was contacted to investigate the allegations, and Dodson was terminated, Huber said.

None of Dodson's alleged sexual contact happened at the Work Release Center or while she was working, Huber noted.

Dodson, of the 1900 block of Bayley Drive in Lafayette, is incarcerated at the Tippecanoe County Jail without bond, according to online jail records.

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