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A Snohomish County jail guard could be behind bars himself after allegedly trading cookies for sex with an inmate. (AP file)

Snohomish County jail guard busted for trading cookies for sex

BY Josh Kerns  on March 6, 2013 @ 3:17 pm (Updated: 4:04 pm - 3/6/13 )

A Snohomish County corrections officer faces a felony charge for allegedly giving a jail inmate homemade chocolate chip cookies in exchange for sex.

"The deputy gave her cookies after the action took place," said Shari Ireton, Snohomish County Sheriff's Department spokesperson.

Prosecutors charged Abner Canda, 58, with first-degree custodial sexual misconduct. He was put on paid administrative leave when a former 22-year-old inmate first reported she had sex with Canda at the county jail while she was behind bars between November and January. It's illegal for guards or other law enforcement to engage in sexual activity with anyone in police custody.

Charging documents say the woman felt guilty about the sexual contact and came forward, The Everett Herald reports.

"I'm sorry. I'm trying to change and be a better person now. I'm ashamed for my actions that's why I'm saying something," the woman allegedly told police.

The woman first reportedly came into contact with Canda in May, when she says she willingly bared her breasts in exchange for some extra food.

Then she claims she also had sexual contact with him in November and January after a return to jail, when Canda allegedly traded her his cookies.

The Sheriff's Office of Professional Accountability has now launched an internal investigation following the formal charge, Ireton said. Canda has been a jailer since 2007.

Josh Kerns, MyNorthwest.com Reporter
Josh Kerns is co-host of KIRO Radio's Seattle Sounds (Saturday nights 7-8) and a digital content producer for MyNorthwest.com.
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  • CH wrote...
    sweet tooth?
    March 6, 2013 2:58 pm
    sweet something else. Pickle!
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  • wsualumn wrote...
    Cookies?
    March 6, 2013 4:25 pm
    All of those dinners and a movie and I could have just provided chocolate chip cookies? What was I thinking?
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  • Lonestar wrote...
    A cookie for nookie?
    March 6, 2013 4:43 pm
    Sounds fair.
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  • Whidbeyboy wrote...
    What a load
    March 6, 2013 5:17 pm
    Some woman in jail had sex with a gaurd and later felt guilty? Then knew that coming forth would cuase him to lose his job. Sounds to me that we more more to the story cause she must be one dumb woman. Sure he did wrong, but let the cookie crumble already, it was concensual. Bet she looked him up post incarceration and he didn't want to spend more then cookies on her and she got revenge. Never trust a woman to keep her mouth shut, ever. It isn't in their DNA.
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  • black_bart wrote...
    Another fine example of......
    March 6, 2013 7:32 pm
    All this professional conduct and extreme honesty out of a law enforcement officer. Another hero. Thankfully their misconduct gets reported about 1 % of the time now, and we get to see what slimebags they really are.
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  • R L M 456 wrote...
    Charging documents say the woman felt guilty about the sexual contact and came forward
    March 6, 2013 9:00 pm
    hey sis::watch me set up this porker

    No It's ok, I'm gonna get paid

    Lawsuit against the city dropped after MASSIVE out of court settlement

    story to start in 1 week

    mark it on the calendar

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  • hpitantso wrote...
    Double entitlement
    March 6, 2013 9:30 pm
    A entitlement of paid administrative leave, or getting a entitlement sex for cookies
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  • froggy wrote...
    Were any of you there?
    March 7, 2013 4:41 am
    Claims of this sort that are "after the fact" when there is no proof are hard to prove or disprove. When there is no proof then I have no problem with "paid administrative leave". If there is information to prove it, then paid administrative leave should be very short lived.
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  • SickofSeattleite wrote...
    homeade chocolate chip cookies
    March 7, 2013 5:28 am
    for sex? Did they have pot in them?
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