Sedgwick County Sheriff Tom Hanna, who was arrested in August on suspicion of sexually assaulting an at-risk inmate, was recalled and replaced Tuesday night by voters.

In a 944 to 89 decision, voters decided to remove Hanna from office. Undersheriff Larry Neugebauer was voted in as Hanna’s successor.

Christy Beckman, the county’s clerk, said she approved signatures for a petition to recall Hanna on Nov. 1.

Hanna is accused of five counts in the sexual assault case, including sexual assault on an at-risk person by overcoming the victim’s will, second-degree kidnapping, official misconduct and soliciting prostitution.

Hanna, who faces a possible lifetime prison sentence on the felony charge of sexual assault, told a judge in August that he was arrested at his office in Julesburg while dressed in “full duty gear” and that he surrendered peacefully. He said he is a Colorado native and has lived in Julesburg for six years and is not a threat to the community.

At the time, Hanna also told the court that he was in the middle of a divorce and has two foster children with his soon-to-be ex-wife.

According to an arrest affidavit, the female inmate said the sheriff took her to his home and asked her if she wanted to make $60, saying, “I just want sex.”

After digitally penetrating her, Hanna told the woman: “This has to stay between us,” according to the woman’s account to an investigator. “If it don’t, I’m gonna take you to prison for the rest of your life.”

“I felt like I was raped, to be honest,” the woman told the investigator. “And this has bothered me a lot, and it feels good to get it out because I’m telling the truth.”

According to the investigator, the woman didn’t realize she had been raped. When the investigator told her that she had been raped, the woman said: “Oh, my God, I didn’t know that,” and then began throwing up, according to the affidavit.

Hanna denied having sexual contact with the woman when interviewed by agents with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, saying he didn’t “know why she would say something like that,” the affidavit said. Authorities say he declined to take a polygraph test.

Hanna admitted taking the woman to his home to talk about crime information, which he called a “poor decision,” but said he was trying to make sure other people in the small town did not see her talking to him about sensitive information, the affidavit says.

After dropping the woman off at the Logan County jail, Hanna said he put $20 in her commissary because “he has a big heart and wanted to make sure (she) could call her brother,” the affidavit says.

The allegations against Hanna came to the attention of prosecutors and state investigators after one of Hanna’s deputies raised concerns about his interaction with the woman, the affidavit says.

Specifically, the deputy said he found it odd that Hanna was transporting the woman to jail in his personal vehicle, which is against department policy. The deputy said he became more worried when he saw Hanna’s personal truck parked outside the sheriff’s home shortly after Hanna left to take the woman to jail.

The deputy says Hanna’s vehicle was parked outside the home for “at least 20 to 30 minutes,” according to the affidavit.

The Sedgwick County coroner has been overseeing the sheriff’s office since Hanna’s arrest. Court records show Hanna is due back in court in March for a preliminary hearing.