Dec 14, 2007 - 04:07:06 CST
VALLEY CITY (AP) - Former Barnes County jailer Moe Gibbs, convicted last month of killing Valley City State University student Mindy Morgenstern, is expected to plead guilty to charges involving sexual assaults on inmates.A hearing is scheduled this afternoon in Valley City for the change of plea, which comes less than a month after Gibbs pleaded guilty to a 2004 rape in Fargo.
Gibbs, 35, was charged with sexually assaulting five inmates while working at the Barnes County jail in 2006.
A jury in Bismarck convicted Gibbs on Nov. 16 of killing Morgenstern. He is scheduled for sentencing in that case Monday.
Authorities said Gibbs' DNA matched evidence collected from a 2004 rape of a Fargo woman. Gibbs pleaded guilty in that case two weeks after being convicted of the Morgenstern murder.
The plea agreement in the Fargo rape case calls for a 12-year prison sentence to run at the same time as any time Gibbs serves for murder. Sentencing in that case is set for next Thursday.
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