Sheriff Joe Arpaio reports that his deputies have arrested and booked a female nurse, Lytonya Hickbottom who works for Correction Health Services in the 4th Avenue Jail.
Lytonya Hickbottom, 36 years old had been the subject of an investigation by the Sheriff’s Office after information came to light that she may have been romantically involved with a maximum security inmate whom she met while working in the jail.
Several phone calls between the inmate and Hickbottom were monitored which showed a relationship between the two and a 9/29/15 search of the inmate’s jail cell revealed several naked photos of Hickbottom. When detectives from the Sheriff’s Professional Standards Bureau confronted Hickbottom at her place of work, she admitted that she gave photos of herself to another inmate to pass along to her incarcerated paramour. She also posted $100.00 to the inmate boyfriend’s account.
Hickbottom was arrested for promoting prison contraband and is awaiting an IA court proceeding.