A Spalding County sheriff’s deputy has been arrested for allegedly assaulting an inmate at the county’s detention center.

Detention Deputy Jeshon Burden, 33, was arrested Wednesday, after an investigation into the alleged incident, which occurred Monday in the booking area of the jail, Sheriff Wendell Beam said in an e-mail.

Burden, who has been with the Sheriff’s Office for 11 years, was charged with battery and violation of oath of office.

Burden was released on $2,613.50 bond, according to Beam.

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Laurence Walker, a volunteer with the Cajun Navy Relief, left, takes two volunteers out on his boat on Lake Oconee to search for Gary Jones, Tuesday, February, 18, 2025, in Eatonton, Ga. The Putnam County sheriff is investigating and searching after Spelman College instructor Joycelyn Nicole Wilson and an Atlanta private school coach Gary Jones went missing on Lake Oconee over a week ago, Saturday Feb. 8th. The body of Wilson was found Sunday, Feb. 9th and Jones has not been found. (Jason Getz / AJC)

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