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Charges have been filed against two people connected with James Crabtree Correctional Center (JCCC) in Helena.

Barmun Kiani, 39, who is an inmate in the custody of the Department of Corrections (DOC), has been charged with conspiracy. This felony crime is punishable by imprisonment for up to ten years, or a fine of up to $5,000, or both.

Harley Christina Alaire Jones, 24, of Helena, has been charged with sexual battery, a felony punishable by imprisonment for up to ten years. She is also charged with felony conspiracy.

Court records show Benjamin J. Williams, a fugitive apprehension agent with the DOC, conducted interviews and an investigation into the incidents involved. Williams obtained evidence via recorded telephone calls that on four occasions between Sept. 4, 2018, and Oct. 11, 2018, Jones provided Kiani with Green Dot money card numbers. At the time, Kiani was incarcerated at the Northeastern Oklahoma Correctional Center (NOCC) in Vinita and Jones was employed as a food service specialist at JCCC. Williams also states in his affidavit that the recorded conversations which preceded and followed delivery of these Green Dot numbers was sufficient to indicate these monies were, at least in part, to facilitate Kiani’s purchase of marijuana during his incarceration at NOCC.

The affidavit states that during the course of an interview, Kiana admitted to having been provided the Green Dot money card numbers by Jones to facilitate his purchase of marijuana while incarcerated at NOCC. It is also stated that in an interview Jones admitted to providing Kiana with the money card numbers to facilitate the purchase of marijuana.

The sexual battery charge relates to inmates Kiani and Raul Calderilla while they were at JCCC. Williams states he learned from Kiani that while he was incarcerated at JCCC in Helena and working in the prison’s kitchen, he engaged in a romantic relationship with Jones which involved physically intimate contact. The affidavit also shows that in recorded telephone calls between Jones and Kiani on the inmate telephone system, they can be heard discussing having previously kissed one another while at JCCC. In the interview, Kiana admitted to kissing Jones once or twice, according to the affidavit.

Williams also interviewed Calderilla who said he and Jones kissed on numerous occasions and engaged in sexual intercourse on two occasions. However, during the interview with Jones, she admitted to having kissed Calderilla “a handful of times” but denied engaging in sexual intercourse.