NEW CASTLE, Del. (WBOC/AP) – Detectives say they have charged a former Department of Correction employee for raping a 24-year-old woman at a treatement center in New Castle, Del.

Delaware State Police say on Wednesday morning, detectives arrested Roger L. Thompkins with second-degree rape, third-degree unlawful sexual contact, sexual relations in detention facility, official misconduct with unauthorized exercise of official functions and acts constituting coercion.

According to investigators, the victim is an offender at the Women’s Work Release Treatment Center located at 620 Baylor Blvd. in New Castle.

The victim says that on the afternoon of April 11, Thompkins had her go to the laundry room located in the treatment center. Police say the suspect was aware that the victim was coming up on a disciplinary hearing and he told her that he sometimes sits in on the hearings.

Authorities say Thompkins claimed that if she did not have intercourse with him, he would ensure that she got sent back to the Baylor Women’s Correctional Institute. According to authorities, the suspect proceeded to have sexual intercourse with the victim in the laundry room.

When Thompkins finished his shift and left the center, the victim told a supervisor of the incident and security video captured the suspect and victim entering and leaving the hallway to the laundry room, authorities say.

Detectives say DNA evidence was collected and is pending analysis. Thompkins turned himself in Wednesday morning and was released after posting a $34,000 secured bail. The Department of Correction Public Information Office says that Thompkins has since resigned from the treatment center.

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