Miami-Dade, FL - A kitchen worker employed at Miami-Dade's Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center has been arrested on charges of sexual battery involving a female inmate.
Johny Jovin, 46, was taken into custody on Saturday following allegations detailed in an arrest report.
Jovin, a civilian employee with Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation, serves in the facility's kitchen where the reported victim, an inmate, was located.
The incident in question occurred on December 31 within the facility situated on Northwest 41st Street.
According to the report, Jovin instructed the woman to accompany him into a walk-in refrigerator under the pretense of assistance.
Once inside, Jovin allegedly made unwarranted advances by kissing the victim and inappropriately touching her.
Despite her efforts to resist, the report indicates that a subsequent encounter occurred in another refrigerator where Jovin continued his inappropriate actions.
Following these events, the victim managed to repel Jovin and exit the refrigerator.
Authorities arrested Jovin and subsequently detained him.
Information regarding legal representation for Jovin was not immediately available.