Kansas Jail Officer Jay Von Labrey Simmons Charged With Rape, Fired The Same Day
A Kansas corrections officer is facing a rape charge — and the jail he worked for says he was fired the same day prosecutors filed it.
Jay Von Labrey Simmons was a corrections officer with the Leavenworth County Sheriff’s Office when he was charged with one count of rape in Wyandotte County, according to court records and Kansas City-area outlets. The alleged incident dates to on or about August 1, 2026, in Edwardsville — a different county from the one that employed him.
The employment timeline is the part that stands out. Per the Kansas City Star, the sheriff’s office suspended Simmons in late August, after learning of the allegation through its own channels — weeks before any charge existed. Then on October 13, when the Wyandotte County District Attorney’s Office formally filed the rape count, the department terminated him.
Sheriff’s office personnel have not responded to questions about the case beyond confirming the suspension and firing. An unnamed major with the department told the Star the suspension came when the office learned of the incident.
Several basic facts remain unreleased. Authorities have not published Simmons’s age or hometown, the date he was taken into custody, booking details, a bond amount, or a next court date. Outlets covering the case note that bail and arraignment information has not been confirmed. Details about the circumstances of the alleged offense — including how Simmons allegedly knew the person involved — have not been made public in the documents released so far.
The charge carries the presumption of innocence, and Simmons has not entered a plea in the public record. A rape conviction in Kansas carries a potential sentence of life imprisonment, with sentencing driven by the specifics prosecutors prove.
The case adds to a stretch of Kansas corrections scandals: the state’s prison system has faced a running series of staff-misconduct prosecutions in 2026, from smuggling operations to contraband rings run from inside the walls. A jail officer charged with rape — allegedly committed in the community, not the facility — is a different category, and Leavenworth County moved on both ends of it: suspension first, termination the day the charge landed.
What happens next depends on the Wyandotte County docket. Once an arraignment date surfaces, the case gets its first public hearing — and the first real answer to what prosecutors say they can prove.
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